Plan B

I've been sitting around thinking about how in the world you would go about manufacturing shift linkage for a rear mounted motor.

How does the shiftlinkage work in the NSX, is it cable?

Humm, what about that top fuel del sol, I wonder how they did it.

This isn't some newb retarded Idea, I work at a shop that is completly capable of putting a motor in the rear of a car, if we really wanted to. But I'm just having trouble picturing shift linkage in my mind.

The only reason I ask is because i bought a rolling del sol chassis for $20 and i'm trying to decide what to do with it.

madtownhonda

here is one way you could do the shift linkages. Of course, you would have to measure distances and ****, but this is a generic way of doing it. I'm sure you could do it w/ a cable, but you would have to find a material that is not easy to deform but can bend. You would also need a pulley.



EDIT: the white circles are pivot points


[Modified by madtownhonda, 8:25 PM 10/23/2002]

Archidictus

you talking about MR or MF? if it's mid-engine, front wheel drive I guess you'd have to use a driveshaft from the transmission hooking into a transfer differential between the front, one-piece axle. Kinda like a FR car in reverse. I see no reason why the shift linkage wouldn't be identicle to something found in, say, an MR2 or the NSX. Don't quote me on that, though

owen_the_soyboy

see if you can find out how the Lotus Elise is done when using the B18C5 ITR powerplant. that may answer your questions, may not.

great, now I gotta think about this too! DRATS!

Ivan

Thats funny. I was thinking the same thing last night.