Second point is motor placement. If you look at the relative position of motor to rear wheels the C4.1 motor placement is about 15mm further back in the chassis than the 22 so obviously how it is getting better weight distribution. Looking into why it is so different to the 22 leads to a simple answer, it's because the rear arms sweep forwards on the C4.1 (and the X6 so nothing new here) and backwards on the 22.
As I have a B4.1 awaiting a C conversion I compared the 22 and B4 rear arm geometry and was surprised to find they are identical, so the size, pivot points and sweep. This means if you swap the rear arms left to right on the 22 the motor is placed the same as the C4.1 relative to the rear wheels, plus the added advantage of the wheelbase shortening. Problem is the rear mount is then in the wrong place.
The sweep forward of the rear arms is obvious in this photo.
Overall is shows how the mid motor 22 needs a different gearbox arrangement with idlers on the top of the diff and moved rear tower. I wonder if the C4.1 gearbox could be made to fit with it's rear tower...[/QUOTE]
ORRRRR an even better solution would be to just buy a C4.1 in the first place............TEAM ASSOCIATED all the way
