{"id":88983,"date":"2022-08-01T16:53:58","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:53:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=88983"},"modified":"2022-08-01T16:55:04","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T21:55:04","slug":"1957-land-rover-with-a-mercedes-om605-diesel-inline-five-makes-434-hp-on-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=88983","title":{"rendered":"1957 Land Rover with a 434 hp Mercedes OM605 Diesel Inline-Five Build Series"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=88995\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-88995\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"88995\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=88995\" data-orig-file=\"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=1400%2C787&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1400,787\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five 06\" 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\/08\/1957-Land-Rover-Series-1-with-a-Mercedes-OM605-diesel-inline-five-06.jpg?fit=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1\" 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?resize=600%2C337&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"1957 Land Rover Series 1 with a Mercedes OM605 diesel inline-five\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-88995\" 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?resize=600%2C337&amp;ssl=1 600w, 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?resize=1200%2C675&amp;ssl=1 1200w, 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?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, 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?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dieselpumpuk.com\/\">Diesel Pump UK<\/a> specializes in Mercedes OM60x diesel engines, he chose to power his Land Rover with a 2.5 L <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercedes-Benz_OM605_engine\">Mercedes OM605<\/a> diesel inline-five. He built the motor with Diesel Pump UK&#8217;s H-beam rods, injector pump, billet intake and exhaust manifolds, and BorgWarner S200 turbocharger. At the event the inline-five made 434 horsepower. You can watch the full four-part build series below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/V-7Q3rhQ-fw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Kkb5nK6bVus\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/GnRzoqAYRas\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/4JlQTI1T1jo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/DieselPumpUK\">Diesel Pump UK<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;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 diesel inline-five. He built the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=88983\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">1957 Land Rover with a 434 hp Mercedes OM605 Diesel Inline-Five Build Series<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":88995,"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-88983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-series"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87098,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=87098","url_meta":{"origin":88983,"position":0},"title":"1957 Land Rover with a Mercedes OM605 Diesel Inline-Five","author":"swaptastic","date":"June 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Luke Dale from Diesel Pump UK built his 1957 Land Rover Series 1 for the Ultimate Callout Challenge UK in six weeks. 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