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Date: 20 Aug 2001 10:38:35 -0500
From: dhinznopsamh.execpc.com (Dave Hinz)
Subject: Re: So.. why is the engine in back to front?


Norm Boyce (normbnopsamties.com) wrote: : Also with the other explanations: The motor in backwards reverses the : torque effects on the front wheel and body. Instead of the motor lifting : the front end in a hard acceleration, if pushes it down. Thus more traction : Cool huh!!!! I got this from a Saab tech in Germany when I was in the : military. It does? Not on mine; it's the torque where the rubber meets the road that does this, and it *most definately* moves the nose up on heavy turbo-stomping. Methinks your mechanic friend was misinformed, and had never actually tested his theory. Dave Hinz

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