Ever watch a sprint car race???!!! The left front is most always in the air! and the rear is hanging out there in a mean drift!!! A friend of mine had a Lotus [Espirit? IIRC] and if he drove it in the rain he had to be very carefull it weighed like 15-1700 lbs and would hydroplane like mad with the tires available back then! -- Mark Price markprice242ATadelphia.net Morgantown, WV ---- Sandwich Maker <adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > " From: Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx> > " > " IIRC the TER front drives put the engine pretty much over the axle - neither in > " front nor behind. Might need some weight in the front to keep it from becoming a > " wheelstander. :) > > they do, with the tranny alongside the engine and in a light car such > as tom wants, this drivetrain could easily be 1/3 or more of the car's > total weight. > > i think it'd definitely need a -lot- of front end weight! > ________________________________________________________________________ > Andrew Hay the genius nature > internet rambler is to see what all have seen > adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought > _______________________________________________ > AMC-List mailing list > AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list > > or go to http://www.amc-list.com _______________________________________________ AMC-List mailing list AMC-List@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list or go to http://www.amc-list.com