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Originally Posted by ajaxthebetter
Couldn't a front engine car still have an ideal rearward bias weight ratio? IE, the LFA. Make the rear end a Trans axle.
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I believe the Viper is 49f/51r, and so is the S2000. FD RX-7 was 48/52. Hell, 60s small-block Corvettes were ~47f/53r. None of those had a transaxle. When they moved the transmission on the Corvette for the C5, it was for structural reasons and not for weight distribution, which did not change from the C4's 51f/49r (Z06 was worse at 52/48). Reason: the rear transmission forced them to shove the rear wheels aft a good deal, which fully negated the weight distribution change from moving the transmission aft.
Anyway, you can get rearward weight bias in an FR car without resorting to moving the trans aft. I think it's a bad idea in general, and particularly for a small inexpensive lightweight sports car. You'd end up with a longer wheelbase, more weight, higher yaw inertia/polar moment, and you probably wouldn't move the c.g. aft much if at all.