>The ideal of course would be a transaxle designed for mid-engine such as >from a Pantera or a 914. But you did say that economics plays a factor, so >what I would suggest would be to do what off-roaders do when driveline >angles get severe, and that is to use CV's instead of U-joints. Depending >on how much cargo area you plan on losing, it should fit. I saw a split >window bus a few weeks back that had a Mopar small block, 727 trans and >narrowed Ford rear end. Almost zero cargo room, but the owner seemed happy. Or use a FWD or midengine engine/trans complete setup, say a hotted-up Camry 2.5 or 3.0 V6. This way you'd still have lots of cargobay space, as the driveline would be between the rear wheels.
-- Andrew Grebneff Dunedin, New Zealand 64 (3) 473-8863 <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Fossil preparator Seashell, Macintosh & VW/Toyota van nut |
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