2Litre Turbo Hippo

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WLJayne said:
Well if it works nicely who knows, might be a real option for those that want V6 power without the drinking :). As long as you're on top of cooling I don't see why it should be a problem - that mahoosive radiator sure isn't going to run out of cool water. But turbo engines do run hotter, so I imagine that the stat aperture will be greater most f the time, that's all :).

The quibbling about the gears is just icing on the cake really, if I can squeeze a bit more fuel economy and quiet out of it then that's a big bonus.
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It's a shame the V6 IRD won't fit the manual gearbox as that would give you the ratio change you are after. I don't know if the internals can be swapped or not??
 
Nodge68 said:
It's a shame the V6 IRD won't fit the manual gearbox as that would give you the ratio change you are after. I don't know if the internals can be swapped or not??
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Almost certainly, or Bell Eng would have a hard time reconning IRD's for V6 Hippos. That might actually be the better option, but then the adjusted torque goes up so you have to be careful.
 
I've just done the math. With the L series 3.647 final drive combined with the IRD reduction gives a total of reduction of 5.3501 With 215/65/16 tyres this gives 70mph @ 3,000 rpm ;)
 
Nodge68 said:
I've just done the math. With the L series 3.647 final drive combined with the IRD reduction gives a total of reduction of 5.3501 With 215/65/16 tyres this gives 70mph @ 3,000 rpm ;)
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Nice one :). I don't think that would be on boost at that RPM, the extra power of the non-boost map should take up most of the slack. So, will cruising economy go up do you think?

I have 215/70/16's on mine so I'll be doing a smidge under 3k at 70 :).
 
WLJayne said:
Nice one :). I don't think that would be on boost at that RPM, the extra power of the non-boost map should take up most of the slack. So, will cruising economy go up do you think?

I have 215/70/16's on mine so I'll be doing a smidge under 3k at 70 :).
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Your tyres make you do 72mph at 3,000 so not much to worry about there ;)
I plan on swapping my auto box for a manual so it's helpful for me knowing the gear ratio too. I'm hoping I can fit a complete L series PG1 to the V6 fingers crossed!!
 
Nodge68 said:
Your tyres make you do 72mph at 3,000 so not much to worry about there ;)
I plan on swapping my auto box for a manual so it's helpful for me knowing the gear ratio too. I'm hoping I can fit a complete L series PG1 to the V6 fingers crossed!!
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I know that Owl on here bolted an L series box to a KV6 for his comp safari build. He had to have a part custom made but that might not apply to what you'd be doing as he has no IRD.

The trickiest part is figuring out the eggsauce. I'm guessing I should use a TD4 back box but connecting the front pipe to the middle silencer will be tricky and may need a custom pipe mekking.
 
WLJayne said:
I know that Owl on here bolted an L series box to a KV6 for his comp safari build. He had to have a part custom made but that might not apply to what you'd be doing as he has no IRD.

The trickiest part is figuring out the eggsauce. I'm guessing I should use a TD4 back box but connecting the front pipe to the middle silencer will be tricky and may need a custom pipe mekking.
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No point in having a FWD Freelander really!! I'd defo want to retain it's 4WD.
Why use a TD4 tail box? You could use a simple strait through system. Because it's going to be a turbo most of the sound energy will be removed long before the back box. I would think that the ZT down pipe will work as the front subframe is similar to the Freelander. It should be pretty easy to do the exhaust system it's self. The engine ECU will be the fun part as you'll need to splice the ZT engine harnes into the Freelander harnes with using the ZT ECU!! It will be fun but rewarding once it's done ;)
 
Nodge68 said:
No point in having a FWD Freelander really!! I'd defo want to retain it's 4WD.
Why use a TD4 tail box? You could use a simple strait through system. Because it's going to be a turbo most of the sound energy will be removed long before the back box. I would think that the ZT down pipe will work as the front subframe is similar to the Freelander. It should be pretty easy to do the exhaust system it's self. The engine ECU will be the fun part as you'll need to splice the ZT engine harnes into the Freelander harnes with using the ZT ECU!! It will be fun but rewarding once it's done ;)
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His is a complete 4x4 scratch build, not a Freelander :). He has a fred on it somewhere, bloody spectacular truck!

I don't know much about eggsauce systems but DD has said similar things about not needing much of a back box. Mark at Z&F Tuning, who'll be doing the map, says that the mems3 Freelander ECU will be fine as he can map on top of what's there with no trouble. That way I'll still have all my HDC and TC etc. I'll look around for a ZT downpipe...
 
WLJayne said:
His is a complete 4x4 scratch build, not a Freelander :). He has a fred on it somewhere, bloody spectacular truck!

I don't know much about eggsauce systems but DD has said similar things about not needing much of a back box. Mark at Z&F Tuning, who'll be doing the map, says that the mems3 Freelander ECU will be fine as he can map on top of what's there with no trouble. That way I'll still have all my HDC and TC etc. I'll look around for a ZT downpipe...
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I know the vehicle. It's got the engine longitudinaly. He's been on the X Power Forum asking about engine mods. Sounds like a brilliant project!! I wish more folks would do stuff with the KV6 as it's such a lovely engine!! Although i'm biased!!
With a turbo motor the exhaust silencers want to be strait through. The idea is the low back pressure gives a big pressure differential between each side of the exhaust turbine, this helps pull the boost on at a lower engine speed and brings it in faster!! The actual turbine acts as a silencer by chopping up the exhaust pulses so only a simple silencer is needed ;) I'll look forward to reading all about it :)
 
Nodge68 said:
I know the vehicle. It's got the engine longitudinaly. He's been on the X Power Forum asking about engine mods. Sounds like a brilliant project!! I wish more folks would do stuff with the KV6 as it's such a lovely engine!! Although i'm biased!!
With a turbo motor the exhaust silencers want to be strait through. The idea is the low back pressure gives a big pressure differential between each side of the exhaust turbine, this helps pull the boost on at a lower engine speed and brings it in faster!! The actual turbine acts as a silencer by chopping up the exhaust pulses so only a simple silencer is needed ;) I'll look forward to reading all about it :)
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That was my vague understanding but thanks for putting the pieces together! Hmm so would I be looking at a more or less custom eggsauch job? Not a problem really but it's one of the things that needs to be planned and executed ahead of time - I don't want the car off the road for more than a few days so if it's a straightforward nut and bolt swap with everything "here's one I made earlier" then that'll help.
 
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