{"id":87098,"date":"2022-06-14T15:58:02","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T20:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87098"},"modified":"2022-06-14T16:00:52","modified_gmt":"2022-06-14T21:00:52","slug":"1957-land-rover-with-a-mercedes-om605-diesel-inline-five","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87098","title":{"rendered":"1957 Land Rover with a Mercedes OM605 Diesel Inline-Five"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87269\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87269\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87269\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87269\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1078&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1078\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five 01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?fit=1200%2C898&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87269\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?resize=600%2C449&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?resize=1200%2C898&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-01.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Luke Dale from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dieselpumpuk.com\/\">Diesel Pump UK<\/a> built his 1957 Land Rover Series 1 for the Ultimate Callout Challenge UK in six weeks. The SUV is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five built by Diesel Pump UK producing 434 horsepower. It features their H-beam rods and 8.5 mm injector pump, new bearings, factory camshafts, and their billet intake and exhaust manifolds. A Range Rover 4WD LT95 four-speed manual transmission (came with purchase of SUV) sends power to Series 3 axles built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.designdevelopmenteng.co.uk\/\">Design &#038; Development Engineering<\/a> with LSD and 300M axles. It stops thanks to disc brakes front and rear. Listen to Luke explain the project in the video below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/DamjwTWyWQw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87270\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87270\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87270\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87270\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-02.jpg?fit=1440%2C1076&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1076\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five 02\" 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srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-03.jpg?resize=600%2C448&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-03.jpg?resize=1200%2C897&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-03.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-03.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87272\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87272\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87272\" 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width=\"600\" height=\"448\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-04.jpg?resize=600%2C448&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-04.jpg?resize=1200%2C897&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-04.jpg?resize=768%2C574&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-04.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87273\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-87273\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"87273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=87273\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?fit=1440%2C1078&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1078\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five 05\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?fit=1200%2C898&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?resize=600%2C449&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"449\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-87273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?resize=600%2C449&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?resize=1200%2C898&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?resize=768%2C575&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-05.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DieselPumpUK\">Diesel Pump UK FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Luke Dale from Diesel Pump UK built his 1957 Land Rover Series 1 for the Ultimate Callout Challenge UK in six weeks. The SUV is powered by a turbocharged 2.5 L Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five built by Diesel Pump UK producing 434 horsepower. It features their H-beam rods and 8.5 mm injector pump, new bearings,&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87098\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1957 Land Rover with a Mercedes OM605 Diesel Inline-Five<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":87269,"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,"_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":[718],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-series"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":88983,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=88983","url_meta":{"origin":87098,"position":0},"title":"1957 Land Rover with a 434 hp Mercedes OM605 Diesel Inline-Five Build Series","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Luke Dale spent six weeks building his 1957 Land Rover Series 1 for the Ultimate Callout Challenge UK which is only for Land Rover vehicles. Since Luke's business Diesel Pump UK specializes in Mercedes OM60x diesel engines, he chose to power his Land Rover with a 2.5 L Mercedes OM605\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Series&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Series","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=718"},"img":{"alt_text":"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":25206,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=25206","url_meta":{"origin":87098,"position":1},"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. The company just finished upgrading a Land Rover Defender with a 3.0 L OM606 turbo diesel inline-six. The company bumped the engine's output from 174 horsepower to 300 horsepower with a hybrid version of the stock\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Defender&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Defender","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?cat=287"},"img":{"alt_text":"Land Rover Defender with a Mercedes OM606 turbo diesel inline-six","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Defender-with-a-Mercedes-OM606-Turbo-Diesel-01.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Defender-with-a-Mercedes-OM606-Turbo-Diesel-01.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Defender-with-a-Mercedes-OM606-Turbo-Diesel-01.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Land-Rover-Defender-with-a-Mercedes-OM606-Turbo-Diesel-01.jpg?fit=720%2C960&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":124468,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=124468","url_meta":{"origin":87098,"position":2},"title":"1988 Defender 110 with a 4.4L JCB Turbodiesel","author":"swaptastic","date":"December 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Luke Dale and his company Diesel Pump UK transformed this 1988 Land Rover Defender 110. In the engine bay he swapped a turbocharged 4.4 L JCB TCAE-108 diesel inline-four capable of 108 kW (145 hp) at 2200 rpm and 560 Nm (413 lb-ft) of torque at 1500 rpm. 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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. 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