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Re: 13B>>>>Quattro -Reply
>My question is a more practical one. Rotary engines are going to be lighter
>than virtually anything they replace. I have conceptual objections to
>restoring
>front/rear balance by just adding inert mass. What can one do instead?
Move
>the battery to the engine compartment? What? Seriously, does anyone do
>engine
>swaps for the 5k bodies? Successfully?
Why would you want to add weight to the front of a car that is already
seriously out of balance? The 13B conversion would help to ruduce the
weight dist to something more reasonable like 55/45 F/R down from the
63/37 that it is.
Later!
Eric Fletcher S.O.C.
'87 5KCSTQIA2RSR2B
St. Louis, MO
STEADIRIC@aol.com