saxavordian
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Would have been a plodder. As the range of engine for the Freelander 1 especially petrol, would have been better alternative.
GrumpyGel
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Excuse me.
I'll have you know my L Series is a street racer in disguise.
Very very very heavily disguised as an old plodder.
Alibro
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I think I heard somewhere that with a bit of tweaking an L series can be made like Grumpy suggests but I've not done it myself.
GrumpyGel
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The way I take it is that 'performance' mods give you a bit more power and a lot more smoke.
Alibro
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That is how the TD4 boost worked but not certain about the L series. I owned an L series around 18 years ago and was surprised how gutless it was.
Plus how poor the brakes were.
GrumpyGel
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The brakes thing is interesting.
The brake system changed quite a bit in 2000, but before that the K shared the same brakes as the L series.
@htr, with his early K, and me with my L got together here in Chch a while back and one of the topics that came up was brakes. He had always felt his brakes were poor and had put a lot of effort into trying to improve them... uprated discs, different types of pads, lots of bleeding, but without success. The brakes on my L though were noticeably better. Over the years, just about every part in my brake system from the ABS modulator onwards has been replaced, but only with 'standard' (not necessarily genuine, but aftermarket) parts and the braking has been consistent.
It would seem therefore that some cars just brake betterer than others... for reasons unknown.
Alibro
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The L Series Freelander we had was SWMBO's so I didn't drive it often but every time I did I was surprised at how hard I had to push the brake pedal. She was used to it and has strong legs so never noticed an issue.
Is it possible the issue was the vac pump?
Did they change the brake boost at some time and did he try using one from a TD4?
GrumpyGel
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Dunno tbh.
I have considered swapping the bits over from my 2001 K Series parts car. Also considered swapping over its vented disks and calipers. But I haven't really felt the need and, although I've done a lot of maintenance on the brakes over the years, I'm quite reluctant to muck around with the braking system.
