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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Webby the Bear on 21 April 2012, 18:08:26
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Here's my mate's engine from his Pug 307.....
(http://i1226.photobucket.com/albums/ee402/webbybear1/Bevsmotor.png)
The engine is mounted differently to the mig..... i.e. i would say it's mounted sideways as the exhaust manifold is at the front. so is the transmission mounted sideways as well?
so if thats the case how does the driveshaft attach to the transmission?
As i said its obviously a retarded Q but not being a technician (yet) i have to ask at this early stage in my career :y
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its front wheel drive web. :y
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Yep ;)
Its called front wheel drive ;D
Gearbox bolts onto the end of the engine :y
2 driveshafts.
Stick your head under the wheel arches and you will see them :y
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riiiiiiiiiight, i told you there'd be an easy answer ::) cheers folks.
so basically if its FWD then the engine will be bolted sideways and the transmission and engine to the wheels at either end.
if its RWD then engine straight with driveshaft going to rear wheels?
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riiiiiiiiiight, i told you there'd be an easy answer ::) cheers folks.
so basically if its FWD then the engine will be bolted sideways and the transmission and engine to the wheels at either end.
if its RWD then engine straight with driveshaft going to rear wheels?
you got it steve in one ;D ;D
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
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riiiiiiiiiight, i told you there'd be an easy answer ::) cheers folks.
so basically if its FWD then the engine will be bolted sideways and the transmission and engine to the wheels at either end.
if its RWD then engine straight with driveshaft going to rear wheels?
you got it steve in one ;D ;D
Hey you gotta start somewhere ralf ;D
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
cheers tunnster..... is this where a ''transfer case'' can be employed: drivshaft to the rear, transfer case transferring power to the front also?
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:y
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=front+wheel+drive+layout
That cheeky chappy bloke arron sent me a link like that :P ;D Cool :y ;) ;) ;)
Dugga dugga ;)
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:y
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=front+wheel+drive+layout
That cheeky chappy bloke arron sent me a link like that :P ;D Cool :y ;) ;) ;)
Dugga dugga ;)
cheers steve :y
and ralf went.....
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riiiiiiiiiight, i told you there'd be an easy answer ::) cheers folks.
so basically if its FWD then the engine will be bolted sideways and the transmission and engine to the wheels at either end.
if its RWD then engine straight with driveshaft going to rear wheels?
Commonly known as "transverse" Steve ;)
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I don't know what the current VAG lineup is like, but they used to have the engine mounted along the car, like an Omega, driving the front wheels :o
I guess the gearbox must have been at the back and then down to the driveshafts?
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Transverse! I'll remember that. Cheers rob :y
another silly q then........... if on a FW drive the axel from the passenger front wheel goes to the transmission... then where does the drivers front axel go to?
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This explains it in laymans terms Steve
http://www.mistertransmission.com/what-is-a-transmission
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riiiiiiiiiight, i told you there'd be an easy answer ::) cheers folks.
so basically if its FWD then the engine will be bolted sideways and the transmission and engine to the wheels at either end.
if its RWD then engine straight with driveshaft going to rear wheels?
you got it steve in one ;D ;D
Hey you gotta start somewhere ralf ;D
i started like you steve a long time ago didnt have a computer then ha ha
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I don't know what the current VAG lineup is like, but they used to have the engine mounted along the car, like an Omega, driving the front wheels :o
I guess the gearbox must have been at the back and then down to the driveshafts?
yeah someone I knew had an 06 plate A6 or something like that. i didn't really take much notice of it, and it had that configuration. Two drive shafts coming out the sides of what looked like a rwd box, like 'sticks for arms on a snowman'.
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As others have said, some FWD Audi A4's have longitudinal engines, guess as some are available in 4x4 config.
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As others have said, some FWD Audi A4's have longitudinal engines, guess as some are available in 4x4 config.
.. and locating the engine way out in front of the front axle enhances the understeer nicely. :-\
;)
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
for example?
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As others have said, some FWD Audi A4's have longitudinal engines, guess as some are available in 4x4 config.
as well as the first FWD Cadillacs and Oldsmobiles did :y Remember first Olds Tornado and the huge FWD Eldorado with 500 cubic inch engine :y
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
for example?
Vectra 4x4 has transverse engine :y You ever had that in Britain? And Toyota Tercel was available in 4WD back in 80's
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
for example?
Vectra 4x4 has transverse engine :y You ever had that in Britain? And Toyota Tercel was available in 4WD back in 80's
this kind of 80s?
http://www.tercel4wd.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4560
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
for example?
Nissan pulsar
....... some Aldi tts as well apparently
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
for example?
L/rover freelander is transverse 4x4 as is honda crv :y
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4X4's can have engines mounted either way :y
for example?
Vectra 4x4 has transverse engine :y You ever had that in Britain? And Toyota Tercel was available in 4WD back in 80's
this kind of 80s?
http://www.tercel4wd.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4560
No, I mean a later one. And, as usual, I might be wrong again but I think the later Tercel had transverse engine :-\