{"id":147049,"date":"2026-04-01T06:00:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T11:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147049"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T05:11:48","slug":"1991-mercedes-250gd-with-a-ls3-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147049","title":{"rendered":"1991 Mercedes 250GD with a LS3 V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Expedition Motor Company<\/a> (EMC) spent 2500 hours building this 1991 Mercedes 250GD Wolf (W461). The SUV originally came with a 2.5 L OM602 diesel inline-five and five-speed manual transmission. The diesel motor was capable of 91 hp (68 kW) and 114 lb-ft (154 Nm) of torque. EMC refers to the project as “620GE” because it is now powered by a 6.2 L LS3 V8 and 6L80E six-speed automatic transmission. The V8 is capable of 430 hp (316 kW) and 420 lb-ft (569 Nm) of torque. The body features a soft top with a camo paint job using historically accurate paint codes. The interior uses Sweetgrass colored upholstery with red stitching accented by European Oak trim. <\/p>\n

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Source: Expedition Motor Company<\/a> (project page) via Hemmings<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expedition Motor Company (EMC) spent 2500 hours building this 1991 Mercedes 250GD Wolf (W461). The SUV originally came with a 2.5 L OM602 diesel inline-five and five-speed manual transmission. The diesel motor was capable of 91 hp (68 kW) and 114 lb-ft (154 Nm) of torque. EMC refers to the project as “620GE” because it… Read More »1991 Mercedes 250GD with a LS3 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":147052,"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":100,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[1224],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-w461"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1991-Mercedes-250GD-with-a-LS3-V8-01.jpg?fit=1920%2C1280&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":140135,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=140135","url_meta":{"origin":147049,"position":0},"title":"1992 Mercedes 250GD with a OM605 Turbodiesel Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"October 24, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Expedition Motor Co spent 2300 hours rebuilding this 1992 Mercedes 250GD (W461) from the ground up. 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