Re: [AMC-list] center drive Ford was Nash 234.8 OHV six

[Ken Ames <ameskg@xxxxxxxxx>]

Didn't the Honda CBX1000 6 cylinder bike have a central power output?
And I don't it was the first of this type neither. : )

Ken


Quoting Wrambler <wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx>:

> Interesting concept, any idea what went wrong or why it failed?
> Sure would make for a compact package if it worked.
> 
> Mark Price
> Morgantown, WV 26508
> 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> 2004 Grand Cherokee Laredo, 4.7L, Quadratrac II
> "I realize that death is inevitable.
> I just don't want to be around when it happens!"
> 
> ----- "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > From: "Frank Swygert" <farna@xxxxxxx>
> > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 17, 2010 5:21:20 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Re: [AMC-list] Nash 234.8 OHV six
> >
> > I'm getting a bit off topic, but Ford experimented in the 90s with a
> > transverse mounted straight six in a car. There was a big gear in the
> > center of the crank that meshed with the transmission. Trans was
> > either integrated with the engine or bolted to the side with part of
> > the crankcase being one "side" of the trans, forget which. So power
> > take-off was from the center of the engine instead of an end. More
> > compact that way! 
> > 
> >
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