{"id":84,"date":"2007-09-27T08:42:04","date_gmt":"2007-09-27T13:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84"},"modified":"2007-09-27T08:42:04","modified_gmt":"2007-09-27T13:42:04","slug":"first-2jz-twin-turbo-corvette-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84","title":{"rendered":"First 2JZ Twin Turbo Corvette on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This seems to be the first Toyota 2JZ powered Corvette on earth and it was done in Kuwait. We could not find too much information on this besides the youtube links which I have embedded below. If anyone knows more info on this swap let us know. Hopefully the creators will create a website or post more videos.<\/p>\n<p>Cranking the motor up.<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/bj_lIkgnfl8\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Starting up again.<br \/>\n<object width=\"425\" height=\"350\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ZWBOmrNH_ug\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><\/object><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fquick.com\/blog\/Toyota_2JZ_Motor_in_a_Corvette\/701\">Fquick<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This seems to be the first Toyota 2JZ powered Corvette on earth and it was done in Kuwait. We could not find too much information on this besides the youtube links which I have embedded below. If anyone knows more info on this swap let us know. Hopefully the creators will create a website or&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=84\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">First 2JZ Twin Turbo Corvette on Earth<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-84","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-corvette"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7977,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=7977","url_meta":{"origin":84,"position":0},"title":"1973 Corvette with a 1,088 HP 2JZ","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Ricky Ferguson is a man who only cares about going fast. 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