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Originally Posted by CTD
You want the transmission before the engine!?. How would you make that work with rear wheel drive.
Besides, with all that empty space, where would you generate downforce for the front?.
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Dude, it's essentially an idea drawn on a napkin. You expecting me to do CFD or something? It was a two-line response to Mulsanne Mike of "could this work?"
As far as the tranny, I wanted it to be lined up with the driveshaft because that's what I've always seen with rear-engined prototypes. Since it's a front-engined car, I figured the tranny went to the front driveshaft. I didn't consider it being RWD. Thinking about it now, it could instead be done via U-joints. The reason I put the tranny in front of the engine was because the engine would be taller so the tranny could be in front and have the smaller frontal profile that'd be necessary.