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Sam Townsend<\/a> built his 2004 Land Rover Defender go off-roading in the UK. It originally came with a 2.5 L Td5 turbodiesel inline-five. Sam opted to replace the inline-five with a 3.0 L Mercedes OM606 turbodiesel inline-six. The OM606 features a 7.5 mm fuel pump, Holset HX32 turbocharger, and 3-inch exhaust. Sam estimates it’s making around 320-350 hp and 600-650 Nm (442-479 lb-ft) of torque. Behind the motor sits a five-speed automatic transmission from a Mercedes ML500 controlled by paddle shifters with an OFGear controller. A LT230 transfer case with a LSD sends power to factory front and rear axles upgraded with locking differentials and Ashcroft 300m axles. <\/p>\n

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Sam Townsend built his 2004 Land Rover Defender go off-roading in the UK. It originally came with a 2.5 L Td5 turbodiesel inline-five. Sam opted to replace the inline-five with a 3.0 L Mercedes OM606 turbodiesel inline-six. The OM606 features a 7.5 mm fuel pump, Holset HX32 turbocharger, and 3-inch exhaust. Sam estimates it’s making… Read More »Land Rover Defender with a Mercedes OM606<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":86414,"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_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[287],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86409","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\/2022\/05\/Land-Rover-Defender-with-a-Mercedes-OM606-diesel-inline-six-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1363&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":111037,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=111037","url_meta":{"origin":86409,"position":0},"title":"Sam Townsend’s Land Rover Defender Swaps the OM606 for an OM648","author":"swaptastic","date":"February 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Sam Townsend has been busy working on his 2004 Land Rover Defender since our last article. 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