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Hello there I'm fixing up and putting an engine in my father's series 3 and I noticed that it says on reg check that it was made in 1980 but wasn't registered until 1990 does this mean ex police/military. It does have rear light guards

Thanks I know from defenders that they aren't powerful machines. But if I ever need a boost there's always a spare BMW engine in the shed for it I guess. Suppose I'd have to wait until I have a couple of years no claims built up to afford that.

I think legally it's like 1800-2000kg but I needed the trailer moved to a different yard so it had to do the Freelander basically had no suspension on the back just about less than an inch of clearance from the wheel to arch but then I do have 30 inch tyres

Yeah that sounds more reasonable now thinking about it. Its just a big difference going from a shogun which nearly had too much power then down to finding it sort of underpowered. Well I suppose it did tow 4 ton pretty alright for having a done clutch. I've seen you on alot of posts would you...

Might just be better keeping it the way it is and putting all my money into the d1

Mines manual which I hear is worse so maybe this won't work it was mainly just an idea as BMW engines are easier to obtain than td4 here in northern Ireland

So at some point soon I need to change the engine in my Freelander 1 td4 and was wondering can I change the standard m47r for a BMW m47 and swap all of the components needed for transverse mounting of the m47r I also heard that the m47r has a twin scroll turbo whereas a m47 has a standard and...