MangPong wrote:
Any thoughts about the feasibility of this arrangement...?
It doesn't work, period. If it did we would all be building them that way, well I would be. Think about it carefully, or just put 2 joints on a bolt like that and see what happens.
marafonets wrote:
The motor has tried on !! Congratulations!!!
Not so easy, was unhappy about some aspects of the fitment, and spent the last 3 days revamping in 3D and building an entirely new chassis that doesn't look much different. In fact some won't even notice it's a new one.
Without changing much at all, the bellhousing area now has an extra 3" width without disturbing footwell width, much needed for the damn clutch fork, and the wheelbase is 2" longer as the engine had to be moved 1" further forward. Of course with a tapered chassis, changing the wheelbase by any amount immediately requires a bunch of other changes. The rollbar is also now much easier to feed into the lower chassis rails.
I reduced the upper longerons section slightly for better control arm clearance, and a number of other changes for simplification. The engine/g'box is back in tonight, and now sitting happily in unison with the chassis as it should be, sump shape, bellhousing area, engine mounts, gearbox mounting etc.
.... and all the internal size increases without changing the exterior packaging. Should call it the "Tardis"!