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This Land Rover Defender 90 was built by Arkonik<\/a> in the UK. In the engine bay is a 6.2 L LT1 V8 producing 495 hp (364 kW) and 500 lb-ft (677 Nm) of torque paired with a 10L90 10-speed automatic transmission. The Defender rides on Arkonik’s SVO Performance suspension using Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs. They replaced the factory brakes with Wilwood six-piston front brakes and four-piston rear brakes. Those are covered by a Evo Corse DakarZero 18-inch wheels with BFGoodrich All Terrain TA K02 tires. Inside the cabin Arkonik installed a Recaro Cross Sportster CS seats, Momo Mod.08 14-inch steering wheel, and Dakota Digital gauges. Leather covers the seats, door panels, and headliner. <\/p>\n

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This Land Rover Defender 90 was built by Arkonik in the UK. In the engine bay is a 6.2 L LT1 V8 producing 495 hp (364 kW) and 500 lb-ft (677 Nm) of torque paired with a 10L90 10-speed automatic transmission. The Defender rides on Arkonik’s SVO Performance suspension using Bilstein shocks and Eibach springs.… Read More »Land Rover Defender with a LT1 V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":152862,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defender"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132437,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=132437","url_meta":{"origin":152860,"position":0},"title":"Land Rover Defender with a LT1 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"May 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"This 1991 Land Rover Defender 110 is found at Overfinch Heritage in Danville, Virginia. 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