Lifted freelanders.
- Thread starter greenrover666
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I had one, was very disappointed to let it go. The center's VCU is simiar design to the viscous coupler that the RRC/P38's coupler design is: it locks automatically (mechanically, in about 3 hundreths of a second). It does have TC & HDC (HDC first appeared on the Freelander before being adapted to the other LR products).
While being Po-Po'd for not haveing a 'true' low range, the VCU was geared to have a special 'reduction' in first gear which gave it a close to value of a low 2nd gear on the bigger LR's.
It has the toughest coupler & reduced range of anything else in it's class. Remember it is the same class as a (and I hate to admit it) CRV or a RAV or a Highlander. With more wheel travel and a stiffer chasis, nothing else would ever be able to keep up with it (let alone have the clean LR under chasis design; those other ones will get ripped up on a rutted dirt road).
While being Po-Po'd for not haveing a 'true' low range, the VCU was geared to have a special 'reduction' in first gear which gave it a close to value of a low 2nd gear on the bigger LR's.
It has the toughest coupler & reduced range of anything else in it's class. Remember it is the same class as a (and I hate to admit it) CRV or a RAV or a Highlander. With more wheel travel and a stiffer chasis, nothing else would ever be able to keep up with it (let alone have the clean LR under chasis design; those other ones will get ripped up on a rutted dirt road).
How has the real world gas mileage been with the v-6 gas engine? I'm also assuming it requires premium???
Thanks.
Thanks.
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syoung
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It runs on regular low octane- I'm getting about 19 on the one I just got for my wife. Lifted with oversize BFG's.
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built2crawl
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expectthebest said:
The hippo gets around 19-20 mpg 98% city driving, but that's my finace driving. I use shell 91 here in CO.
All you need to know about lifting your freelander:
http://www.discoweb.org/41704archive/DiscusArchive/messages/5/6850.html
http://www.discoweb.org/41704archive/DiscusArchive/messages/5/6850.html
JeffM said:Someone has to keep their fingers in the dykes
Got that Jen?
sorry that was just too easy.
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syoung
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The failure was only the result of bad driving. If you do the 'side to side' steering technique to try to gain traction, you can't do it lock to lock at full throttle or a CV will break. THEN you can't drag the thing around with the axle dangling there or it'll poke a hole in aluminum things. That's all you need to know about it.
expectthebest said:
the reason it failed so miserably was operator and vehicle working beyonds its limits. i just don't get it i guess. why start with an inferior platform?
garrett said:
Is the platform inferior or is it just designed to be good at something different that a disco? From what I read, the Freelander is very good on road, gets better gas mileage, and will tackle most trails just fine. What it is not is a serious rock crawler. So, I guess it just depends on what your needs are. If your needs are mainly on road with some off road ability, a Freelander would be a good fit. If your needs are more off road than on road, a disco would be a good fit. I don't think it has to do with inferiority. It has to do with the needs of the driver.
i'm sure you are mostly correct. as you know i have a strong dislike for the car. i just think it's really silly to start off with a Freebie or LR2 thinking it will be a platform as a wheeling truck. i know people with them that wheel them and they do fine for what they are. you just can't expect them to do what you might think a traditional LR will do.
i have driven them many times and had one for over a week in FL as a loaner. it had absolutely NO character or personality. it was just driving a Honda Accord or Ford Escape. sure it is nice on the road, was relatively smooth and handled like a car. well guess what it is a car.
but to think it is a good "platform" to start from in order to build up..........well that's a pipe dream.
Steve will tell you til the day he dies the Freelander is superior to DI, DIIs and several other rovers out there. well i bet in his Yahoo profile he lists himself as 6-2, athletic and all that too.
the Defender and RRS were also designed to do things different than the DIs and DIIs, but they did those things quite well. the Freelander failed miserably in the US because there were better options out there.
the LR2 better raise the bar in order to be worthy of the price in order to compete with better vehicles on the market. they have the likes of the X3 to deal with.
i have driven them many times and had one for over a week in FL as a loaner. it had absolutely NO character or personality. it was just driving a Honda Accord or Ford Escape. sure it is nice on the road, was relatively smooth and handled like a car. well guess what it is a car.
but to think it is a good "platform" to start from in order to build up..........well that's a pipe dream.
Steve will tell you til the day he dies the Freelander is superior to DI, DIIs and several other rovers out there. well i bet in his Yahoo profile he lists himself as 6-2, athletic and all that too.
the Defender and RRS were also designed to do things different than the DIs and DIIs, but they did those things quite well. the Freelander failed miserably in the US because there were better options out there.
the LR2 better raise the bar in order to be worthy of the price in order to compete with better vehicles on the market. they have the likes of the X3 to deal with.
There is someplace on the great internet an article about how some duders put a freelander body on a range rover classic chassis. It was tight. That is all.