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engine moving/ handling changes

  • Thread starter Thread starter wicked93gs
  • Start date Start date Mar 11, 2007

wicked93gs

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ok, for various reasons I am considering moving the engine back 4 inches or so(I understand I'll have to cut the firewall, etc. I am using a different engine/tranny combo in my car than most people and to solve a couple problems I'll might be moving my engine back(it also gives me a better shifter location)...I'm just wondering if this can negatively affect handling
 
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66bluepony

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No it would help handling.
 

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That's right, moving the engine rearward will be a help in the handling department. Look at '68-'82 Corvettes sometime, the engine is so far back in the frame it's almost a mid-engine car.
 
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