2Litre Turbo Hippo

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The Mad Hat Man said:

Anything like this, Rob?

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no way near that but if i leave it mught end like wlm,s was over the weekend

You could've put yer rot free freelander on it

The M or T series are nice reliable units and would work well in the Freelander. It should be do able if a gearbox can be made to work with it. The KV6 auto box will fit but most reliability would come from a manual box.

Plse read previous threads.
It's the same box.

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Hmmm. Another prototype if it works?

The Mad Hat Man said:

Plse read previous threads.
It's the same box.

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The K4 and M-T series have a very different bell housing bolt pattern. The M - T are the same as the KV6 so the auto should fit as long as the drive plate is compatible? But if you are going to all the trouble of removing a KV6 and swapping it for a T series then the auto is'nt the way to go as the cooling system is marginal and the auto is'nt super reliable!! I think the L series box will fit the M-T or KV6 but it would need investigating.

I wasn't planning on using rover so it doesn't matter really. But I believe the L series is the same pattern as a t series! You could probably make a maestro turbo lump fit

Diesel Do said:

I wasn't planning on using rover so it doesn't matter really. But I believe the L series is the same pattern as a t series! You could probably make a maestro turbo lump fit

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If you don't want to use a rover then what do you think will work well? Honda would be a good choice but most of them have the gearbox on the wrong side

I have an idea that I'm looking into, it won't happen over night. And I'm keeping it to myself until I know it fits and I can make it work

t series lump is the same pattern as l series diesel, if you fit the rover box you can make use of ls diff in 2 wd

Diesel Do said:

I have an idea that I'm looking into, it won't happen over night. And I'm keeping it to myself until I know it fits and I can make it work

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Don't blame you for that

freelance said:

t series lump is the same pattern as l series diesel, if you fit the rover box you can make use of ls diff in 2 wd

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I've often thought about making my V6 into a manual, so using the L series manual box it would be an easy job I would think. There is little point in a Fwd Hippo, LSD or not!!

freelance said:

t series lump is the same pattern as l series diesel, if you fit the rover box you can make use of ls diff in 2 wd

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Don't like 2wd freelanders

Nodge68 said:

I've often thought about making my V6 into a manual, so using the L series manual box it would be an easy job I would think. There is little point in a Fwd Hippo, LSD or not!!

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That's what they did with the rally ones, suspect it wasn't a standard box tho!

Diesel Do said:

That's what they did with the rally ones, suspect it wasn't a standard box tho!

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The high torque Pg1 box will take around 250 Ftlb of torque which should be enough but will the rest of the drive train?

Nodge68 said:

The high torque Pg1 box will take around 250 Ftlb of torque which should be enough but will the rest of the drive train?

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Take it that'd be the turbo one? I'd imagine the ratios wouldn't be great for a freelander? ie a tall first gear not great if you do go off road.

Diesel Do said:

Take it that'd be the turbo one? I'd imagine the ratios wouldn't be great for a freelander? ie a tall first gear not great if you do go off road.

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The High Torque PG1 was fitted too the L series Diesel, M and T series turbo and the ZS180. It's the same box as the low torque box but some of the bearings were increased in size to handle the greater torque!!