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1,2 roughly 3 thou and 3,4 slightly less. That’s why I used elastomer.

Evening All, I have a 1.8 Freelander with a k series 1.8T, symptoms included pressurised cooling system, block test fail and white smoke. I have recently rebuilt the engine 500miles ago, rebuilt skimmed head, liner shims, upgraded oil rail and head bolts, N series head gasket. So I was...

Here’s an update. Will also Edit the original. My opinion on the engine change is that I doubt I’m hitting the 200bhp mark but it sure does have a large amount more torque. I manage most hills easily in 3rd and it maintains speed in 4th, originally I was revving the nuts off it in 2nd or...

I might look at getting one of those aswell at some point I like the idea of learning and tinkering on a V type engine.

Firstly I’d like to say my grammar is awful so excuse the onslaught of errors. If I’ve made a factual error let me know and I’ll update my guide. Brought a Freelander a year ago and fixed all the issues with it, then I went off-roading. Grip was excellent even with just road tyres, I did...

My problem seems to have sorted itself, haven’t had it overheat in a little while, but I’m not holding my breath.

Hey boost is controlled by a manual boost controller of Amazon £28 set to 11psi. ECU is from Kmaps £350 literally plug and play and with boost set to 11psi it should make 200bhp, I’m getting it dyno’d at some point and will let you know how it goes. There are a few difference between the...

Morning all, I’m Dan. Owned my Freelander 1 1.8 for a year while I struggled to go up hill, became frustrated so decided to dump in a 1.8T unit from a rover 75. Problem: While accelerating the temp needle suddenly jumps off the scale, when I decelerate the needle drops down to high but on the...

Morning all, I’m Dan. Owned my Freelander 1 1.8 for a year while I struggled to go up hill, became frustrated so decided to dump in a 1.8T unit from a rover 75. Problem: While accelerating the temp needle suddenly jumps off the scale, when I decelerate the needle drops down to high but on the...