[bukko]

2001 LAND ROVER FREELANDER V6I ES AUTO ORANGE | eBay

I am not associated with this car in any way.

 

[JRNORWAY]

Its a auction with 6 days left. So not really a bargain yet.

 

[bukko]

Good point - I had been looking at classifieds.

 

[Nodge68]

It looks like a nice honest car. I expect it will make around £1600 though.

 

[yorkiesimon]

It does look straight enough, micro mileage, if all is good should it reach £1600 would still be a great buy for someone.

Colour's pretty cool as well!

 

[Hippo]

Not many X plate Freelander v6's on the road. Not many with that colour too.

 

[Spacemonkey...]

Nice, and now sold...

 

[Nodge68]

Not many X plate Freelander v6's on the road. Not many with that colour too.

Must have been one of the 1st V6s out there. Cheaper tax too!!

 

[bukko]

Mine is (was) X reg also.
Year on V5 is 2001 though.

 

[RealBeale]

Mine is (was) X reg also.
Year on V5 is 2001 though.

Same here, X plate 2001, fully loaded ES with lots of factory extras. Bought in 2006 for only £1700 with 32,000 on clock and receipt for new engine at £2500 fitted just days before I bought it. The low purchase price was the reason I decided to totally modify it.

 

[Brack]

Same here, X plate 2001, fully loaded ES with lots of factory extras. Bought in 2006 for only £1700 with 32,000 on clock and receipt for new engine at £2500 fitted just days before I bought it. The low purchase price was the reason I decided to totally modify it.

Now that's cool

 

[Sucram]

Bugger I was watching this one to bid on it, was it pulled from the auction?

I'm fancying an early V6 3 door ES, maybe it wasn't meant to be and I should wait until I get our Td4 sorted and sold.

 

[bukko]

Yes it was terminated early.
I'm thinking about a 3 door V6 as well, for modding.

 

[Nodge68]

Yes it was terminated early.
I'm thinking about a 3 door V6 as well, for modding.

Oh yes.
Maybe with a manual box conversion coupled to a nicely built and properly mapped engine with a set of Paul Ivey big valve heads and Piper 285° cams, a decent free flowing exhaust system and 80mm throttle body. A Freelander with that spec will really move!!

 

[Sucram]

Oh yes.
Maybe with a manual box conversion coupled to a nicely built and properly mapped engine with a set of Paul Ivey big valve heads and Piper 285° cams, a decent free flowing exhaust system and 80mm throttle body. A Freelander with that spec will really move!!

Now ya talking, what would that little lot get ya, 200+bhp and torque to match?

 

[bukko]

Oh yes.
Maybe with a manual box conversion coupled to a nicely built and properly mapped engine with a set of Paul Ivey big valve heads and Piper 285° cams, a decent free flowing exhaust system and 80mm throttle body. A Freelander with that spec will really move!!

Question: do you know if the KV6 has forged pistons? If not, that might be worth considering as well!

 

[Nodge68]

Now ya talking, what would that little lot get ya, 200+bhp and torque to match?

That spec should make around 90 to 100 BHP per litre so you would be looking at 225 to 250 BHP. There is a bit of variance as no 2 engines are identical!! How much torque there is would again vary but it should work out something like 180 to 200 ftlb.
My first ZS180 made 230bhp and just under 190 ftlb.

 

[V6freelander]

200bhp kv6, ive got a hard on just thinking about it! Lol

 

[Nodge68]

Question: do you know if the KV6 has forged pistons? If not, that might be worth considering as well!

They are not forged but are good quality.I'v used them as a budget performance piston for the K4 VVC engine. The KV6 top ring land is thicker than the VVC piston which had a factory rev limit of 7400 rpm. Factor in the KV6s shorter stroke than the 1.8 you will find the standard KV6 bottom end is strong enough for a safe rev limit of something like 7800 but for ultimate reliability I'd use the 7400 rpm shared with VVC engine.
If the engine can achieve 177ftlb at 7400 rpm it will have 250bhp!!

 

[Nodge68]

200bhp kv6, ive got a hard on just thinking about it! Lol

200 bhp from the KV6 is reasonably easy to achieve with standard breathing mods with slightly more from a remap. Getting over 210 gets more involved and expensive. The KV6 can make good power but sadly at a cost