-----Original Message-----
From: Jamie Sculerati <jamies@mrj.com>
To: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>
Cc: autox@autox.team.net <autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, December 03, 1999 12:50 AM
Subject: Re: 2000 Celica GT-S & FWD layout
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>
>>
>> >and unless someone figures out how to put the exhaust header
>> >and the transaxle on the same side of the engine,
>>
>> That does not matter. There is nothing to prevent a sidewinder crossflow
>> setup with the intake on the front and the exhaust on the rear. The
>> differential can be on the front side of the setup, moving the engine
aft.
>> And who figured that it was a good idea to waste space under the engine
on
>> exhaust pipes anyway? Keeping all that heat away from the CV boots seems
>a
>> better idea to me.
>
>Mechanically, it's possible to put the exhaust manifold on the "rear," but
>in most of the FWD cars I've had, you'd significantly raise the temperature
>under the hood -- or push the engine even further forward to provide more
>cooling space around the header. You could expand the engine compartment,
>but like you said, FWD is largely about space efficiency -- if you're going
>to open up all that space for the engine, you may as well optimize the
drive
>layout and put the driving wheels in the back!
It is not clear to me that for transportation purposes in a northern
continental climate that RWD is the optimum.
But for dri-pavement competition, RWD is often supperior to FWD.
I don't have an AWD car any more, but three other popular layouts are
represented in my garge and shop just now.
Phil Ethier Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1970 Lotus Europa, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1986 Chev Suburban
LOON, MAC
pethier@isd.net http://www.visi.com/mac/
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