Thread: Turbo Mazda Freelander!

Will check the steering rack, how much is a good one worth?

RE: light pods...the prob with the do it first thing is she drives it about 10x more than me...

Originally Posted by JesusFreak

Will check the steering rack, how much is a good one worth?

Pass... Over here, I can get a recon unit for approx £100 (exchange).

M

updates????

Sorry guys...I've been on holidays and don't have the net @ home...also, have been focusing on getting my TX3 (See pic back a few posts) across the pits before the WA LPG rebate expires tomorrow (Cam & Crank seals, Small leak in brake line, CV Boot... $900 later... but I guess that's why they call it the pits...)

So an update... once again pics will have to follow as I'm @ my in-laws without the camera...

I've finished unpicking the mazda wiring loom thanks to an online pdf of the full mazda wiring diagram (120 odd pages...there are only 4 pages that you need at this stage, but the rest may come in handy later...) About 3/4 of the wiring was unnecessary for the conversion (Lighting/signals, ABS, Auto Transmission, 4 Wheel Steering ect...) leaving a much more manageable number of wires...

The rockercover is now sporting a fresh coat of burgundy powder and an aluminium oil filler cap...looks great...oh and the new gasket is fitted also...

The gearbox is now mated to the engine... First the crank bolts had their heads shaved slightly and washers removed to allow clearance for the clutch plate because the recess in the new flywheel isn't as deep as in the factory one (In hindsight it may have been easier to machine the flywheel to exaclty the same dimensions as the freebys and redrill and dowel to match the freebys clutch plate...but you live & learn)

Then when the engine was lined up, the crank from the mazda sticks slightly further out from the engine than the one on the rover, so we had a 12mm adaptor plate machined from the bellhousing of the mazda auto transmission...bringing total machining costs to about $500 so far...

Also, the engine needs to be canted forward the same as the rover engine to allow it to clear the transfer case...

We are planning to de-gas the AC and use the mazda compressor as well as mounting Power steering pump and the Alternator in the same spots as on the MX-6 to save having to make too many custom brackets and find belts to fit...

And that's about it for now...pics will be forth-coming in the next few days (Just let me get the TX3 past the pits tomorrow) and hopefully the first half of next week will see a mazda engine finding a new home under the bonnet of a landrover Stay tuned...

Looking forward to seeing this work
Did you end up with a match to my bro's MX6????
He still has those bits if you want them,wasting shed space.
Andrew

Hey again guys...sorry for the big gap between posts, but the project was put on hold for a while for unrelated personal reasons...so anyways... progress report...

The engine is now all bolted up inside the bay with custom mounts ect...here it is


It ended up being a tight fit for the AC compressor with a touch under 10mm clearance to the drivers side chassis (sideways, so no issues with engine moving)...the other big issue that came up was that the transfer case didn't quite clear the block, meaning that both the block and the trasfer housing had to be shaved back a few mm at their closest point to enable it all to fit...

A fresh drainage point was tapped into the new lowest point of the sump (Remember the engine is now canted forward)

The pulley from the MX6 power steering pump was centred and attached to the Freebys pump, the ratio between crank pulley & pump pulley was identical between vehicles, so there shouldn't be any dramas there. And a custom mount was made.

So that brings us to the next steps...wiring & plumbing

Here is the engine bay with the mazda loom laid out...


I'm plaanning to locate the mazda fuses/relays/ECU in the top passanger corner of the engine bay over the spot where the toolbag normally sits like this...


Now to try to work out how to splice the 2 looms together

Works gotten all flat out atm so I'll post up as soon as I've got anything to report...could be a week or 2...

Landy_Andy, sorry, haven't had a chance to check those details yet...what parts does your bro have again?

Keep those updates coming...

M

Update, update !