REVscene Automotive Forum - View Single Post - Relocating the engine for a mid engine setup

CharlesInCharge · 11-05-2015, 06:01 AM

I want to plan for an extreme looking custom car (large rear 24" wheels, long wheelbase) and it will need to be a mid engine... my biggest obstacle is that it also needs to be really cheap!
Ive decided on the Toyota Previa as a donor as its already mid engine (making it simpler?)... but I will need to relocate the engine even further back to meet my custom designs profile.

The engine is setup on an angle... so Im wondering if its easily possible to move it to the rear using the same stock engine while keeping cost low... or might a "flat" engine be easier to adapt considering the ECU would need to be compatible with the rest of the components?

A drift build
Build Archives - The Tofu Drift Van

A Previa drifting
youtube.com/watch?v=_meHP_ZrliU

11-05-2015, 06:01 AM	#1
CharlesInCharge I subscribe to Revscene Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,996 Thanked 667 Times in 387 Posts Failed 2,489 Times in 834 Posts	Relocating the engine for a mid engine setup I want to plan for an extreme looking custom car (large rear 24" wheels, long wheelbase) and it will need to be a mid engine... my biggest obstacle is that it also needs to be really cheap! Ive decided on the Toyota Previa as a donor as its already mid engine (making it simpler?)... but I will need to relocate the engine even further back to meet my custom designs profile. The engine is setup on an angle... so Im wondering if its easily possible to move it to the rear using the same stock engine while keeping cost low... or might a "flat" engine be easier to adapt considering the ECU would need to be compatible with the rest of the components? A drift build Build Archives - The Tofu Drift Van A Previa drifting youtube.com/watch?v=_meHP_ZrliU __________________ My post highlights CIC confronts propaganda prodigies In reply to members 4444 & StylinRed on 911 http://www.revscene.net/forums/70427...ml#post8658229 jasonturbo & westopher in the election thread http://www.revscene.net/forums/70467...ml#post8668948 http://www.revscene.net/forums/70467...ml#post8667115 Real news www.tinyurl.com/kpg44bc Last edited by CharlesInCharge; 11-05-2015 at 06:08 AM.