I think a lot of people miss the point of turning the gearbox round in a 2wd.
IMO the 'standard' layouts have the weight distribution about nailed, but by having the cells down the middle and the motor hanging out at the back gives you a high polar moment of inertia. In an ideal world you want all your weight concentrated around the CG, which is what the mid motor layout gives you.
So long as you don't move the weight forward (ahem X6
) I can't see how a mid motor car would have any less drive out of corners than a normal 2wd. It should feel much more planted and composed, feel more agile and suffer less pendulum effect when the back steps out.
Of course I could be taking rubbish
I'm going to run mine for the first time tonight at Teeside so I'll have to see if it behaves how I think it will.
What have you got planned DCM? Lemmie guess, saddle cells just in front of the rear axle with the motor in the middle of the car and a belt to the back?