The Aston Martin DB7 is one of the most pretty cars to come out of Europe in recent memory. It’s 3.2L supercharged straight-six was a de-stroked Jaguar unit with an Eaton M90 blower force-feeding it to the tune of 335 horsepower, and it came with a manual transmission. Impressive at the launch in 1994, still impressive at it’s U.S. debut in 1997, by 2012 you had a pretty car that would get blown into the weeds regularly. That proved to be a bit much for one Aston owner in British Columbia, who had Force-Fed Performance Turbos and Tuning yank the AJ six cylinder out to jam in the turbo six cylinder from the Toyota Supra, the 2JZ-GTE.
2JZ’s can be built to be stompers with turbo work, and sure enough, the prominent feature in the engine bay is a great big snail of a turbo right next to the engine block. According to Force-Fed’s Facebook page, this Aston is sitting on 650 RWHP on a street tune, with all of the power going through a Getrag six-speed out to the back tires. Visually, the DB7 only has a couple of minor tweaks that include the mesh grille from a DB7 Vantage and black Aston Martin wheels. Running nearly twice the horsepower of the DB7 when it was original (not to mention almost 200hp over what the DB7 Vantage’s V12 packed!), this is an upper-crust sleeper that was well thought out and executed. Now, if we can just get some action shots of this car in action…
Link: Force-Fed Performance Turbos and Tuning/Aston Martin DB7
(Courtesy: Jalopnik)
The Jaguar inline six has two big disadvantages – it’s heavier than a big block, and doesn’t have much aftermarket. Changing to a 2JZ gets around both issues.
While it seems sacrilegious to engine-swap an Aston Martin, I’m sure with that 2JZ it’s an absolute monster. And at 650hp, that 2JZ is barely sweating. Those motors have routinely been built to make 1200+hp.
There wasn’t much info, but I’m banking that it’s to keep lag to an absolute minimum while having more than enough power on tap.
Every time a 2JZ is swapped into something that pisses a bunch of people off, an angel gets its wings.
Looks like a clean swap to me. More power and cheaper parts is always a win in my book.
Looks good stuffed in there, part of me keeps waiting for LL8 (Vortec 4.2 aka the Trailblazer L6) to become more of a thing since turboed they can crank out more than the 2JZ and are more plentiful here in North America.