Has anybody moved the engine back towards the firewall in a 116 chassis (road car)?
I know it's a farely radical sujestion, but at 175Kgs in a relatively narrow car, would it make noticable impovements to turn in and understeer? Obviously it can't be moved far without some serious FW work, tho.
Guys have talked about the improvement from fitting lighter bumper bars and moving the battery to the boot, and I plan to do similar, but these are light compared to the donk.
I do understand the effects of the 'Polar Moment of Inertia', so I can see how the lightening or removal of relative small amount of weight that is the farthest from the cars verticle center can have significant effects, but how about moving the single most heaviest item in the car a small amount (15-20mm)?
It's more theory than anything else, but the engine is coming out and I'm going to make a set of exstractors for her, so the amount of extra work (if it's even close to worth it) isn't massive. But if there is potential for significant improvements in the cars behaviour
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