Extremely modifiable and well-suited to tuning, or being swapped into other cars, the 2JZ lends itself to all sorts of applications: from drag racing to drifting and everything in between.

CarBuzz decided to shine a light on the first car to be fitted with the 2JZ. This feature explores the story of the Toyota Aristo, the first car to be graced with Toyota's 2JZ engine. The Aristo ...

Instead, it’s a 3.0-liter 2JZ-GTE inline-six making roughly 1,300 ... to push the truck to roughly 5,000 pounds. In land-speed racing, a light race car is the last thing you want.