Lowering CG by Lowering Motor???
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Lowering CG by Lowering Motor???
I'll start by saying that I know this is entirely impractical on a street car (especially most of ours with the oil pan 4 inches from the ground as it is) but I just found the idea of it pretty interesting and was wondering if anybody knew what work is entailed in something like this.
In one of the Best Motoring or Hot Version DVD's, I saw that the CWest S2K's motor has been lowered by 2 inches (or is it cm?). To achieve a less than a one inch drop of the CG, this seems like alot of work. I have no idea though, maybe its simply putting spacers between the motor mounts and the car though. Since I have no clue, does anybody else wanna shed some light on this?
In one of the Best Motoring or Hot Version DVD's, I saw that the CWest S2K's motor has been lowered by 2 inches (or is it cm?). To achieve a less than a one inch drop of the CG, this seems like alot of work. I have no idea though, maybe its simply putting spacers between the motor mounts and the car though. Since I have no clue, does anybody else wanna shed some light on this?
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Re: Lowering CG by Lowering Motor??? (tommymoose)
on some cars, (mostly RWD cars). it wouldn't be to hard to do.
im not sure if your familiar with Speed world challenge GT cars, but the caddy CTSV, has its motor moved back and lowered, along with the tranny turned on its side.
On a FWD car its alot more complicated.
im not sure if your familiar with Speed world challenge GT cars, but the caddy CTSV, has its motor moved back and lowered, along with the tranny turned on its side.
On a FWD car its alot more complicated.
Re: Lowering CG by Lowering Motor??? (tommymoose)
Interesting Note: This is where "Dry Sump" oiling systems com into play. A Dry sump system uses a couple vacuume pumps to suck all the oil from the bottom of the motor. This means that the oil pan can be as small as a flat plate. The oil is then stored in a separate resivore...
With a much smaller oil-pan, the motor can be lowered much more without incident. Again, this applies to cars whos transmissions won't be in the way when lowering the motor (this is probably why the Caddy has it's trans turned on its side)...
On our FWD cars, the increase in axle angle would be pretty undesirable. But if you apply the Dry-Sump system to a H22 or K20 swaped civic, you can regain lost ground clearance from the low oil-pan...
With a much smaller oil-pan, the motor can be lowered much more without incident. Again, this applies to cars whos transmissions won't be in the way when lowering the motor (this is probably why the Caddy has it's trans turned on its side)...
On our FWD cars, the increase in axle angle would be pretty undesirable. But if you apply the Dry-Sump system to a H22 or K20 swaped civic, you can regain lost ground clearance from the low oil-pan...
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Re: Lowering CG by Lowering Motor??? (tommymoose)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by tommymoose »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> 
Any idea why they turn the transmission sideways?</TD></TR></TABLE>
as 94eg pointed out, it site to low siting the correct way. And by turning it on its side they were able to lower the motor/tranny more with out having an effect on the clearance.
Any idea why they turn the transmission sideways?</TD></TR></TABLE>
as 94eg pointed out, it site to low siting the correct way. And by turning it on its side they were able to lower the motor/tranny more with out having an effect on the clearance.
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