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Old 04-20-2018, 06:34 PM   #80
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Originally Posted by Yoshoobaroo View Post
Show me a car with an inline 4, longitudinally mounted, that has a lower hood than the twins while passing current pedestrian safety standards.

The roofline drives the CG much more than a fraction of an inch lower engine CG. And that's driven my the hood height. It drives down the whole car.


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can you show me a car with a boxer motor with a lower cog than a miata or corvette? you can talk about rooflines or whatever all you want but when i talk about center of gravity, i usually just look at the cars center of gravity.
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