The 2JZ engine has acquired a legendary ... The 2JZ may have become a common swap into just about any high-horsepower competition build, but it was ubiquitous in a vast range of Toyota products.

It's also been the power unit of choice for many creative engine swaps. Everything from BMWs to Ladas has been given the 2JZ swap treatment, and the results have been spectacular at times.

The engine swap will set you back an additional 241,500 ... That hasn't stopped guys like D1GP legend Daigo Saito from fitting it with a 2JZ engine with about 1,000 horsepower on tap.

The 2JZ-GTE's dense engine block is at the core of its design. Toyota’s engineers chose a cast iron block for the 2JZ-GTE, mainly for reliability. The block features deep cylinder bores designed ...