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Old 11-04-2011, 11:30 PM   #318
Allch Chcar
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It's nearly in the same place as the FT-86, maybe a bit lower and further back. The accessories are on top, the rotor housing is at the bottom, very low, behind the axle line,aka front-mid engine. It's almost like a boxer engine wo/cyclinders. That's why this new engine in this smaller, lighter car excites me, it's very similar in many ways and hopefully is as much or more fun!

The problem is those cylinders eat into the suspension space, hence Macpherson Struts in Subaru's.

That image visually describes what I see when I look at a RX-8.
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