{"id":29537,"date":"2018-11-12T14:56:06","date_gmt":"2018-11-12T20:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29537"},"modified":"2018-11-13T14:35:02","modified_gmt":"2018-11-13T20:35:02","slug":"land-rover-defender-with-a-twin-turbo-diesel-inline-four","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=29537","title":{"rendered":"Land Rover Defender with a Twin-Turbo Diesel Inline-Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This Land Rover Defender is being transformed by @eddie_beest<\/a> into the ultimate British SUV. The project starts with a 1992 Defender that received a new galvanized Defender chassis from Richards Chassis<\/a> in Swinton, England. The engine is a 2.5 L 200 Tdi diesel inline-four upgraded with a compound twin-turbo system using a Garrett .46 turbo and Holset HX35W turbo and water\/methanol injection. Although the 200 Tdi was a factory option, this Defender came with a different engine. The upgraded 4WD drivetrain starts with a LT77 five-speed transmission from Syncro Gearboxes<\/a>, rebuilt Ultra 4 LT230 transfer case with a Ashcroft Locker, and Salisbury axles with Ashcroft LSD in front and Detroit Locker in the rear. An Alcon big brake kit will help the Defender control its new found power.<\/p>\n

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This Land Rover Defender is being transformed by @eddie_beest into the ultimate British SUV. The project starts with a 1992 Defender that received a new galvanized Defender chassis from Richards Chassis in Swinton, England. The engine is a 2.5 L 200 Tdi diesel inline-four upgraded with a compound twin-turbo system using a Garrett .46 turbo… Read More »Land Rover Defender with a Twin-Turbo Diesel Inline-Four<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":29540,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defender"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":25206,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25206","url_meta":{"origin":29537,"position":0},"title":"Land Rover Defender with a Mercedes OM606 Turbo Diesel","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 28, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Diesel Pump UK specializes in Mercedes diesel engine (OM602, OM603, OM605, and OM606) conversions. 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