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Originally Posted by Rebelrc
Just a quick question to anyone experienced with the new pre production/prototype 22's
I am led to believe that other mid cars try to get the motor as far back to the diff as possible and also buried over the rear wheels as much as possible? Now the mid motored config on the 22 is much more forward in the car compared to that of all the other manufacturers.
Why is this? is it beneficial or just slightly compromised to give both rear and mid configurations
Regards 
Scott ( Rebel rc ) |
It's not 100% necessary to have the motor further forward to give the option of switching between mid and rear but it does help!
Had to work really hard to get the Scorpion to be able to be built in both configurations with the motor as close to the diff line as it is on the original RB5.
So that will be 2 cars on the market that can run in both mid and rear motored configurations when the 22 comes out ... 3 when the Durango breaks cover.
My guess though is that the TLR design team found that the 4 gear internal transmission locked in the rear end of the car a little more than they wanted so moved the motor forward to combat that and aid rotaion.
Either way I doubt that it was the 'easy option' or an 'afterthought' as the car looks to be very well designed and it is obvious many many hours of thinking went in to it.
Interested to see how it goes