I finally got the time to do the swap about three weeks ago, the "specialist" was right. It was a stress free bolt-on.. the only mod i did was to change the position of the water inlet and outlet tubes. For those of you who are thinking of swapping IRD's, i've done it and it's worth it. From...

The following table lists P codes, affected components and fault description. P0106 Manifold pressure input Circuit fault P0107 Manifold pressure input Circuit fault P0108 Manifold pressure input Circuit fault P0111 Inlet Air Temperature (IAT) input Circuit fault P0112 Inlet Air Temperature...

In see the point in remappint the ECU, my problem is that i don't know of anyone who does that in Nairobi. All the diagnostic guys i know of do OBD error codes, clearing etc. You sure about the mounting lugs?

So i finally got the answer from a.. specialist. "You should be able to fit the V6 IRD on your 1.8, the only issue you will have is the cooling plate is facing upwards, so this will need some modification to the connecting hoses. We do not think you will be able to move all the internals...

Here are the pics. I took a photo of the dash console when the car is running.. no ecu errors

Being in Nairobi the toyota swap came naturally since 80% of cars here are toyotas and the engines are cheap. After reading on the known issues with the original engine i knew i was fighting a losing battle. The 7AFE was the closest match in hp, torque and weight. The ECU was not mapped.. maybe...

So has anyone tried the IRD swap?

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...

I have a 1.8l freelander which i've used mostly for city driving. For the past 6 months i have been driving upcountry every week and the car has difficulty going over 120kph. At 120kph the revs are at 3500rpm and seems to be staining. Within city driving i have no problems since speed is...