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  • Address:Handelstraße 20, 04420 Leipzig, Germany
NORDWERK4X4

Built for expedition

Engineered to endure

We build complete engine conversion kits for platforms that deserve to keep working — designed, machined and validated in our own workshop.

Years of experience
6+Years of experience
Kits delivered
1200+Kits delivered
Months warranty
12Months warranty
Shipping reach
WorldwideShipping reach

How we got here

Nordwerk4x4 started the way most good workshops do: with a vehicle that deserved better than the engine it left the factory with. The first conversions were for our own trucks and for friends who had watched them work — and the parts that did not exist, we made.

Six years and more than 1,200 kits later, that has not really changed. We still design every bracket, adapter plate and harness ourselves, we still machine and assemble them in our own workshop, and we still put them under vehicles we drive before we sell them to anyone else.

What has changed is the reach. Kits now leave our building for Land Rover Defenders in Scotland, Nissan Patrols in Spain, Pajeros in Scandinavia and Transits headed a very long way from any of them. We ship worldwide, we price in euro, and we support customers in sixteen languages.

How we work

Built to a standard, not a price

Engineered in house

Every bracket, adapter and harness is designed, machined and validated by our own workshop.

Proven in the field

Developed on real expedition vehicles and tested in the conditions our customers actually drive in.

Complete kits

Engine, transmission, mounts, cooling, wiring and documentation — nothing left for you to source.

Support to the finish

Step-by-step installation video and direct access to the engineers who built your kit.

Platforms we build for

Complete BMW M57 and N57 and Mercedes-Benz OM606 conversion kits, from a single adapter plate to an engine, gearbox, mounts, cooling and wiring on one pallet.

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  • Land Rover Defender

    The platform we have built more conversions for than any other — M57 power, correct driveline geometry and a cooling package that copes with a loaded expedition vehicle.

  • Nissan Patrol

    Heavy, capable and worth keeping. Our kits mate modern BMW and OM606 power to the Patrol driveline without cutting the vehicle about.

  • Land Rover Discovery

    A straightforward route to a quieter, more economical and far more usable vehicle, with everything needed to make it look factory.

  • Mitsubishi Pajero

    Conversion kits and adapters for owners who want the chassis they trust with an engine that will outlast it.

  • Ford Transit

    For camper and overland conversions where reliability and parts availability matter more than anything else.

MAER chassis

MAER chassis systems

We supply MAER chassis systems for Defender, Discovery and Range Rover restorations. Our workshop can deliver yours with a fully mounted BMW M57 powertrain, so your build starts a long way ahead.

A galvanised chassis under a tired vehicle changes the economics of a restoration completely. Because we build the powertrain anyway, we can hand over a rolling foundation with the engine, gearbox, mounts and cooling already installed and aligned — which removes the hardest and most expensive week of the build from your workshop.

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Support to the finish

A conversion kit is only as good as the week you spend installing it. Every kit we ship includes a step-by-step installation video filmed on the same platform your kit is built for, and direct access to the engineers who built it — not a ticket queue.

Send us a photograph of where you have got to and you will get an answer from someone who has done that exact job. That is also why we back every kit with a 12-month warranty — if something we made is not right, we put it right.

Everything is designed, machined, assembled and dispatched from our own workshop at Handelstraße 20, 04420 Leipzig, Germany.

Frequently asked questions — Fitment, lead times, installation, warranty, shipping and customs.

Tell us about your build

Send us your platform, gearbox and how the vehicle is used. We will tell you exactly what your conversion needs — and what it does not.

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