khaOs
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 posted on 21/12/06 at 06:19 PM |
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Rear engine?
Hey there! I'm thinking of building a LoCost but i'm having some doubts about the possibility of installing the engine in the rear. i
searched around and i didn't found any project like this. is it impossible? will it ruin the wheight balance? Since it's a Honda 1.6 vtec
turbo engine there's no gearbox for an rwd, that's why i thought of installing the engine in the rear. THanks.
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dmottaway
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 07:07 PM |
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look into the "mid-engine" section. orient the engine just as it is, now, in the Honda, but behind the seats.
more to it than that, of course, but you get the idea.
dave
Somewhere, in Texas, a village is missing its idiot.
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goodall
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 07:31 PM |
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why not mate it to a different gearbox?
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russbost
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 07:35 PM |
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Slap it in a Furore chassis!
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
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nitram38
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 08:00 PM |
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Or just buy my car and swap the engine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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RazMan
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 10:00 PM |
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Aha but would that make it a rear or mid engine setup?? ............
[incoming !!!! ] 
[Edited on 21-12-06 by RazMan]
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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nitram38
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 10:03 PM |
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Both !
A mid engine is determined as being in between the wheel base. My engine is in front of the rear wheels but at the rear.
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goodall
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| posted on 21/12/06 at 11:26 PM |
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so that rear mid engined rather than the book car which is front mid engined and then i wonder has anyone ever made a car were the engine is truely in
the middle of the car
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nitram38
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| posted on 22/12/06 at 04:55 AM |
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Do a seark on google for dpcars.
He has the closest you will get to a mid engine setup that you will ever get.
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