Ah!
The (good) old days !
Yo memories are better than mine, NI. There were a couple of try's weren't there? Not sure anything came of either of them.
So what happens, say, when you're driving up a main motorway in the middle of winter and as often happens, there's a bank of snow on the edge of the lane and you inadvertently dip a wheel, or theres a little bit of ice across the road.
Your Freelander would naturally distribute power as required when some slip is noticed, but because your car would be stuck in 2wd, you'd be no better off than in an astra and likely to end up facing where you came, or wedged into the car next to you.
Seems like a total waste of time to try and better a system that works perfectly fine when looked after properly. After all, LR only invest millions in R&D every week.
If you had it so it still had the vcu then at the sign of ice or snow just put it in 4 wheel drive mode and it would act like a normal freelander, plus it would wind up just as much as a normal f1 too.
:nopics:oh and as a quick progress update I have stripped my main shaft and split my vcu, now I just need to figure out how to stick them together! lol
sorry cant get piccies on at work I will upload some tonight:nopics:
sorry cant get piccies on at work I will upload some tonight
I am going for the selecting gear set up myself as for the 0.8% difference in ratios, it is widely accepted that a 1% difference for road going 4x4's and 2% for off road 4x4 is acceptable so as I am only planning to use the 4x4 in snowy/muddy conditions I expect it would be fine.
Thanks for that, hopefully it will be a lot easier than having to change the prop! I think I'm ok for parts (we have a spare 05 plate freelander at work as a donor ) but I appreciate the offerI have a spare prop and VCU from an L series I can donate if you want them.