Land Rover Puts A 405-HP V8 Into Classic Defender, Seriously

• The Works V8 Conversion installs a naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 that produces 405 horsepower into Puma-era L316 Defenders.
• The V8 conversion applies only to Defender L316 90 and 110 models from the 2012 through 2016 model years.
• Land Rover directs full V8 installations to its Classic Works facilities in the United Kingdom and Germany.

Land Rover's Classic division wants to put a proper V8 back under the hood of the last analog Defenders it built. The Works V8 Conversion drops a naturally aspirated 5.0-liter V8 into Puma-diesel Defenders from the L316 generation.