<VV> Quick read - Flat four engine in front, driving rear wheels.

[jvhroberts at aol.com]

Well, someone DID post a link to a company that makes a reverse ring 
and pinion for Subaru transaxles, which would allow any Subaru engine 
to work in a Corvair, using the Subaru tranny. Also they have the 
pieces to eliminate the AWD for such apps. Twin turbo 3.6L Subaru motor 
with a 6 speed stick, anyone? <G>

John Roberts

-----Original Message-----
From: Sethracer at aol.com
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Sent: Wed, Mar 2, 2011 1:11 pm
Subject: <VV> Quick read - Flat four engine in front, driving rear 
wheels.



Flat-four engine is the heart of Subaru, Toyota  sports coupes
By JIM HENRY on  3/02/2011

Subaru is  proud that Toyota picked a Subaru boxer engine for the
rear-drive _sports  car_ (#)  the brands will share starting next year. 
 "Form
follows function,"  said Toshio Masuda, Subaru's senior project general 
manager
for the  Subaru-Toyota joint venture. "The boxer engine is lightweight,
compact and has a  low center of gravity," he said at the Geneva motor 
show.
Masuda said the boxer  engine's flat profile allowed the partners to 
place the
engine's center of  gravity "this high," gesturing at his knees. That
placement is almost five  inches lower than where a conventional I4 
would have
been,
and lower in the car  than any car this side of supercars such as 
Ferrari,
he said. The low center of  gravity produces better handling, he said.



Now  if we could only get them to put the engine in the rear, like our
Corvairs!





Seth  Emerson

C's the Day! - Corvair, Camaro, Corvette
San Jose,  CA



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