Bunds

hiya guys i was looking at some post the other day of the the way the engine sits in the s2000.

normally like in my we civic(dont slag me please)

when u rev the engine/ it moves with the force a little/like it tilts backward and pushes the weight to the back of the car,well ok if u have rear wheel drive.

now on the s the engine is the other way round so it will rock from side to side alittle?


if the engine was the othe way round would this in turn force more pressure to back giving more grip.



when u hit the gas does the weight transfer to back of the car.

sorry for being a little silly here.i just wondered...


i dont have an s2000 but i do when i go to my bed at night.lol


the insurance company seem to think i am a liability.lol

44Runner

on a launch weight shifts rearward in all cars. The engine in the S does torque to the side due to its orientation.

jelliotlevy

Longer ago than I would like to remember, I owned a '69 Plymouth Road Runner. Big V8, plus rear wheel drive with four on the floor and a very unsophisticated rear suspension and belted bias tires. The response of that rear axle to the engine's torque was a counter torque, driving the left rear wheel down harder into the ground, and tending to lift the right rear. As a result, it was very easy to burn rubber at the right rear wheel with a slightly aggressive take off.
I would imagine that, from the rear, the car would at such times look like a dog approaching a fire hydrant on its right. I have to believe that the S2000's far more advanced rear suspension technology and tires would minimize any such torque related effects. Oh heck, I owned that Road Runner 35 years ago. No wonder I see wrinkles when I look in the mirror.