2014 Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship
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- glenn_cullen
They don't have a choice at all, the A4 should be fwd because the A4 chassis is a fwd chassis, then modified to become 4wd on the premium models. But the longitudinal engine means it can't be fwd, something to do with packaging I assume.
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The A4's engine would sit too far forward in the engine bay (as it does in the road car) to make it viable. It would be too nose-heavy.
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- glenn_cullen
Yeh I think even if they wanted to they wouldn't be allowed because it would require to much modification to the universal sub frame, or maybe it's not even possible at all. Unfortunately I don't have a pic of the A4's engine bay as they always seem to keep the bonnet down during open paddock
and I can't find one through Google either. I'll upload a few engine bay pics from this year in a sec 👍
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- glenn_cullen
Engine bay pics
I wish I had pics of the A4 for comparison
WSR are another lot that always cover their engines
I wish I had pics of the A4 for comparison
WSR are another lot that always cover their engines
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- mustafur
which would be a massive advantage.
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You can see from the pics that the transverse engines sit on or thereabouts on the front axel line. The A4's engine would have to be so much forward of that, it would mess up the weight distribution too much. 👍
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Engine bay pics
I wish I had pics of the A4 for comparison
I got some pics of the engines in the WSR BMWs at Knockill last year.
Austin's Audi was too far back in the garage to get an engine shot.
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- glenn_cullen
Nice one, it's interesting to compare the differences. Dare I say it looks like the BMW engine's centre of gravity might be a bit further back and lower than the fwd's? And that's a very interesting intercooler placement on the A4! Or is it the radiator lol
Edit: It's also quite clear that you wouldn't be able to fit fwd running gear in there. Assuming the A4 is similar, it's engine would be poking out of the front bumper, and it would need to be a lot higher so it would end up poking out the bonnet as well
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- yellowbeard_uk
Here's a couple of pics of Shermans engine, one from this year and one from 2013
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They could probably run it FWD with the engine placed there. If they rotated the engine around by 180 degrees...
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- yellowbeard_uk
It's only been that far back since 2013, previously it had to be further forwards but the regs were changed for the 2013 season to accomodate the BMWs
