Gday dubbers, can anyone tell whats involved with using a G/Box formula vee style. IE put the weight of the motor infront of the rear axle,sort of mid mounting.
Drawing up plans for a lapsprint car and a trike. want them both midmounted.
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Yeah - swap the diff around is the normal caper. Curious tho... with the beetle... what's the plan for rear suspension... multi-link of some sort ??? Don't imagine there'd be much room for torsion bars and stuff with a mid engine setup...
I know of a few open wheelers that run a beetle box mounted upside down... believe it had something to do with wanting the starter motor sitting down lower to help the CoG. Need to make sure the breather hole is well and truly sealed up if going that way I'd think !!!
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Turning the box upside-down would create ground clearance problems. OK for engines without a camshaft & oil pump under the crank. Most of the upside-down boxes, incl. Hewland, run a 'conventional' engine - usually dry sumped.
You will most likely lose some straight-line traction by going mid-engine, but - depending on the suspension setup - gain heaps in the corners.
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I think just turning the G/Box around and swapping the diff over might be the go. Was going to go with a set up similar to independant rear with half chasis under the beetle to give enough clearance and keep wheels tracking straight up and down
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