i bet this thing would just kill at the local drifting events..

and it would make glorious noises while doing so:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMdUo43-qu0

I bet that took one helluva shoe-horn!

I don't think I've ever seen that much of an engine ahead of the front wheels.

Haha. Soooo much weight forward of the front axle line. Wonder if it does stoppies.

wow, that sure is interesting... i wonder how well that handles

Will wrote: I don't think I've ever seen that much of an engine ahead of the front wheels.

Hi there!

Although that's not entirely fair... Audi shoved the engine so far back that they had to put the torque converter behind the front differential. Now, if you want nose-weight, how about the Northstar engined Caddies, which had not only the engine in front of the front axle, but also the incredible pig of a transmission (4T80?) as well.

Now, that's production cars. Somewhere a while ago, I saw a FWD drag racer that had a Mazda 13B with requisite gigantic turbo, mounted to a Powerglide (maybe TH350 or C4, it's been a while) with a short driveshaft to a Ford 9"... and yes it was all hung out in front of the front axle.

Will wrote: I don't think I've ever seen that much of an engine ahead of the front wheels.

Never looked under the hood of an Audi?

Edit: I guess I should have looked at the end of the thread first. The photo tells the story...

I think the key word here is "kill" at the local drifting events. That car looks to be a widowmaker