ted andkilde wrote:
While musing on another forum about an RS200 style drivetrain (mid-engine, longitudinal, AWD) the thought of using a relocated subaru transaxle with a fairly simple transfer box (cobbled out of $20 worth of e-bay circle track quick-change gears in a machined housing) was batted around. The center differential is integrated within the Subaru box and various torque split options, 50/50, 60/40 etc are available. Similar setups could be had using Skyline, Jeep or English Sierra 4wd setups but the Jeep stuff will have funky gearing and a fairly crude center diff, the others might be challenging to source parts for in North America.
Ted
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The "Tim" referenced in the bad sketch is Tim from the RallyAnarchy board who crafted a similar transfer box for his bike powered Honda 600 LeMons car.
With some careful packaging and part selection you might be able to shoehorn this into a Lotus 23ish body. You'd have some tough packaging constraints in the footwell area though, might be able to use a compact diff out of an ATV or similar.
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Cheers, Ted
The RS200 and the Veyron are where I got the idea for having the trans in the tunnel which is why I chose the skyline drive train. I wanted to use a sierra 4wd gear box but they are very rare compared to a Skyline box, but they can be had for between 500-1000 shipped on eBay. I'll have to look into the the Subaru transfer box idea but in general Subaru drive trains are a bit more than I wish to spend but if I can do it for cheap that might be the way to go.
As far as the body goes, I drew up a KTM looking car about a month ago that I wanted to use but now I'm thinking along the lines of a 23, 30, or even something based from a Ford p68. I haven't gotten very far as far as what it will look like. The big thing is trying to figure out the packaging first because the Skyline gearbox is by no means a small box so I'm still considering other options including a awd CRV gearbox with a rotated transfer box, but I'd really like to figure out the skyline box cause its so bullet proof. Still have a lot to figure out before I start buying parts.
-Spencer