It's too late now but if you redesign this transmission case in the future I have some suggestions. The problem with the 22 isn't that the motor is too far forward, it is that the rear arms sweep back too much and the diff is too far back. If you look at some of the other mid motor cars the motor is placed right in front of the rear suspension block (just like the 22) but on the 22 the diff is stretched out so the outdrives come out at the rear of the arm. The ideal setup would be to switch the arms left and right (sweeping forward) and design a compact transmission that would keep the motor low and in front of the suspension block, with the diff moved forward to reduce driveshaft bind caused by flipping the arms. I believe this is the setup used by the VEGA kits, although they are a little pricey. If someone were to make a case such as that that bolted straight on, I'd be very interested in buying one.
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