Ah, but stuck on a manual box? From what I recall the KV6 isn't bad in the Rover 800 on economy, but what went wrong in the Freelander?
The auto box, 2 extra cats and the Freelaner's house brick aerodynamics
Ah, but stuck on a manual box? From what I recall the KV6 isn't bad in the Rover 800 on economy, but what went wrong in the Freelander?
The auto box, 2 extra cats and the Freelaner's house brick aerodynamics
Fit a skyline engine.
skylines are 4wd too - that would be a mean motor - but it has been done before to a nissan 4x4
**** off road. But imagine the look on the ferarri driver's face as a gaylander leaves him standing.
So in terms of nuts and bolts this all sound rather plausible, so why the fook has no one done it? I suppose most get the hump and get rid long before they think about it. What about looms etc? Will the MEMS3 ECU run the 220 injectors?
220 turbos dont have gearbox probs that i have heard of.
speak to the doctor . give him my regards.
the skyline powered nissan patrol was stonking off road
her ya go....... Nissan Patrol RB25DET Hooning - PURE SOUND version - YouTube
Doesn't the IRD reduce the immediate torque seen by the gearbox aswell? I think 170ftlb is plenty and you'll have lots of power whenever you want it!
peeps have done it - just not on here.
if yu do go 220T make sure yu get ecu & engine loom. be on the safe side
if yu go skyline - let me know
The modification is tricky and extensive but if you know what you're doing, here's my setup. On the freelander side there's not much meddling since you want to retain everything as stock.
Mechanically, the tricky part is getting the engine and gearbox to be perfectly centered since the two will obviously not match, when doing the adapter plate take that into consideration. The flywheel from the k-series engine had the holes filled in then drilled to match the toyota crank. That way the original clutch setup and starter on the gearbox side were retained.
The intake assembly with the throttle position sensor and butterfly from the K-series were used. The Idle Air Control Valve was fitted between the intake and butterfly assembly. A hole was drilled on the intake for the MAP sensor.
On the toyota engine the sensors from the k-series engine were fitted/ replaced the toyota sensors, namely - Oil pressure, Oil temperature, Engine coolant temperature, Camshaft position sensor (CMP), Crankshaft position sensor (CKP).
Since the toyota engine does not have a CMP sensor, a half-cylindrical shape reluctor was added to the exhaust camshaft and a hole was drilled on the right side of the cylinder head to pick the signal. Finally, the CKP sensor was installed on the rear side on the block on the flywheel side to pick the signal from the flywheel for ignition timing.
With the hard part over, the k-series fuel injectors were machined to fit into the toyota fuel rail and the toyota ignition coils were also replaced. With this setup the ECM reads the the sensors and controls the engine exactly the same way it would with the original 1.8l k-series engine.
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