27 Mar 07 12:25, mark lewis wrote to Roy Witt:


 WC>>> Now the rear axle on the Corvair is well in front of the engine
 WC>>> is it not?

 RW>>> No. Both are 6 cylinder engines, both have a transaxle, both have
 RW>>> the engine behind the transaxle.

 ml>> isn't that saying what wayne is saying? the engine is further from
 ml>> the front of the vehicle than the rear tires??

 RW>> Wayne didn't know that the Porsche was built similar to the
 RW>> Corvair. Or at least that's what I got out of his message.

 ml> i just went and reread it... the only thing i saw in his message was
 ml> that he is/was thinking that the engine in the porsche was more on
 ml> top of the rear axel or at least closer to it than in the corvair...

Which isn't the case. As you noted below, both engines are at the rear of
the car, while the transaxle is closer to the middle of the car. In fact
the axles are midway between opposite ends of the transaxle and engine.

 RW>> In fact,
 RW>> the Corvair could compete with the 912, as it has a 4 cylinder
 RW>> engine with similar HP to the Corvair's six. The 911 has a lot more
 RW>> HP to work with.

 ml>> "behind" indicating away from the front...

 RW>> I didn't read it like that...all of us knows that the engine is
 RW>> behind the front in a Corvair and a Porsche. Way behind.

 ml> i was speaking of behind the axel... trying to make sure that
 ml> everyone was using the same reference for "behind"...
that reference
 ml> being the front of the vehicle and not the "front" of the engine...

Heh. the axles are in 'front' of the engine. Whether your reference is the
flywheel end or the other end. However, when you consult an automotive
manual, the 'front' is always the front of the vehicle.

 ml> i've had too many discussions be crosswise finally whittle down to
 ml> this exact thing and it all stemmed from one's reference point...

Yeup...and the ability to know which reference is the correct reference.

 ml> some were using the engine as the reference point and in the cases we
 ml> were discussing, the engine was turned around backwards from how it
 ml> would have been if it were mounted in the front of the vehicle thus
 ml> they were going by the engine's "front"...

In this case, the front is the flywheel end.

 ml> whatever... i don't guess it really matters all that much... does it?

It does...the 'front' is always the front of the car. Even in a Porsche or
Corvair, the front is the front, even if the engine is turned around and
facing the rear. Or were they designed backwards?

               R\%/itt


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