The auto and manual tensioners/belts are interchangeable, if you use the correct kits, and a few extra bits and pieces. Your 02 will be the MEMS3 system, and so the MG engine will drop straight in, using the alloy manifold and 135 cams for a little increase in power, at the expense of bottom...

Stick your head underneath and look...

Front? Middle? Rear?

I used the 1.8t loom, and chopped off the (Hall Effect) crank sensor wiring, and wired it with the Freelander (Inductive) sensor and wiring

Didn't think any FL1 had a PTC heater. Thought that was only from FL2...

Because the engine was designed to fit in a car. LR/BMW lifted the engine and dropped it straight into the FL...

And there is not 1 exhaust valve and 1 inlet valve on each side of the head... They are both together

Nothing to do with the intake valves... It was designed to run in a BMW car, with swirl flaps, to alter the intake lengths, for lower end torque, and high end power. In the Freelander, the engineers wanted low end torque for off roading and towing, and so the system was not utilised.

In addition to the above, the Rover CANBUS is not compatible with the LR CAN data It wasn't easy working it all out ;)

The standard ECU will not accept a positive boost pressure The engine loom is also different, in a number of ways, as is the body loom, integrated into the 1.8T loom Both have their headaches, and I'm still sorting my way through mine. Biggest one being the cooling fans running when they want...

It's not a plug and play swap. The later MEMS uses CANBUS, as opposed to being hard wired into the ECU's It could be done as a retrofit, but it's really not worth the extra hassle EDIT: Re-read your post. The MEMS3 is needed for the swap

MEMS3 uses CANBUS to talk to the dash/ABS/HDC system

I put in an HD AP Lockheed clutch kit into the turbo. Good enough for 200bhp/200lb ft :)

These are long gone

I can assure you, the 1.8 will hit more than 108mph. It will do almost that in 4th gear EDIT: My 1.8, to avoid any confusion

With the 1.8 turbo, at 70mph, it's still spinning at 3000rpm. It could easily cope with longer ratios(at the expense of acceleration), or a 6th gear.

Well, it appears one of the LR magazines would like to do a feature on this car :D Watch this space

I suspect that if the engine had been designed from the outset to have forced induction AND VVC together, it would work quite well. However, making them work together will be another challenge. That said, how big would the gains be? The Turbo has more power across the whole rev range, as...

That was why I went ahead with it. Bolted straight onto the engine mounts and bellhousing :) Got £50 back for the Rover, as it was missing an engine. Better than nothing!

I paid £600 for a 52 plate 1.8 with head gasket issues. Little more than I would have liked to pay, but it was still taxed and MOTD, new VCU, 2 new tyres, and a decent spec. Drove it up the road Paid £600 for the 75 Turbo, with clutch issues. Taxed and MOTd again. Drove it up the road. ECU...