We thought everyone would like to see some images and information regarding the installation which we get asked about on a daily basis, below is a list of parts used (Including rough prices just to help people estimate a budget) Plus a bunch of random photos from along the way!
The Car: The original truck was a 2011 Defender 110 CSW with 60k miles, originally fitted with the 2.4L engine it was fairly slow and gutless, plus not very refined at all!
The Method: Instead of having the truck off the road for 12 months while converting to the Coyote engine (plus having limited space at our old industrial estate), we instead decided to build a rolling chassis using a brand new galvanised chassis from Marsland Chassis
Its worth noting at this point that your old engine/ gearbox/ rolling chassis will very much pay for much of the conversion, from memory we sold our rolling chassis complete for circa £7000. By doing this it meant we could ‘jig up’ and build a rolling chassis from new, and simply drop the original body shell onto the new chassis (Very helpful as it kept the 110 as a daily work horse!)
Below is a list of parts required to do the conversion, with links to some useful websites for info:
1.The Engine! 5.0 Ford Mustang engine (Coyote generation 2) is available new from a UK company called POWER TORQUE UK , If you go down this route you can expect to pay around £12,000 plus VAT, however if you search on ebay you can find second hand engines removed from cars for between £3000, £4000 which is much cheaper, its worth saying at this point that the engine has excellent reliability so in my opinion a second hand engine is not much of a gamble!

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