Anyone ever stopped and deeply thought about stuff like center of gravity of a vehicle. Not ride height but more about where the weight is and how close to the ground the center of that mass actually is
Look at a V8. Where is the most weight by far? On top...... V
Now think about this from another perspective — hot air rises and yet we pull the air in from the top and put the exhaust out the bottom.
What if someone would design a setup where a V8 engine is basically ran upside down? Think about how much lower the center of gravity would be.
Yea .... there are problems to overcome to do it. Even the suspension stuff is all solvable ....
Trans is pretty easy — it shouldn’t be too hard to spin a T5 on the bellhousing to keep the rest of stuff “normal”.
The first thing to think about after the oiling and cooling stuff is motor mounts but those shouldn’t be particularly hard.
The main down side might be when someone decides that motors have to come out from the bottom like a damn bug but hey, whatever works.
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