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This Land Rover Defender wagon called “Project Wilder” was built by ECD Automotive<\/a> in Florida. Under the hood is a supercharged Chevy V8 making 700 hp (514 kW) paired to a Magnum T56 six-speed manual transmission. The wagon rides on an Air Ride suspension and BFG All Terrain tires mounted on Kahn Mondial Retro 20-inch wheel. ECD Automotive covered the body in Eastnor Green eggshell paint with Nara Bronze trim and exo-roll-cage. The custom interior features Recaro Orthoped seats wrapped in Buffalo Cuoio leather, Alcantara headliner, Sapele wood trim, and Nardi Kallista steering wheel. <\/p>\n

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This Land Rover Defender wagon called “Project Wilder” was built by ECD Automotive in Florida. Under the hood is a supercharged Chevy V8 making 700 hp (514 kW) paired to a Magnum T56 six-speed manual transmission. The wagon rides on an Air Ride suspension and BFG All Terrain tires mounted on Kahn Mondial Retro 20-inch… Read More »Land Rover with a 700 hp Supercharged V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":135280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-135270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defender"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Land-Rover-Defender-with-a-700-hp-Supercharged-V8-01.jpg?fit=2200%2C1571&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146760,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=146760","url_meta":{"origin":135270,"position":0},"title":"Land Rover Defender 110 with a LT1 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"March 24, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"ECD Automotive Design built by Land Rover Defender 110 called \"Project Nantucket\" with a 6.2 L LT1 V8. 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