Jamie Sculerati wrote:
>Mechanically, it's possible to put the exhaust manifold on the "rear," but
>in most of the FWD cars I've had, you'd significantly raise the temperature
>under the hood -- or push the engine even further forward to provide more
>cooling space around the header. You could expand the engine compartment,
>but like you said, FWD is largely about space efficiency -- if you're going
>to open up all that space for the engine, you may as well optimize the drive
>layout and put the driving wheels in the back!
All 8 valve Volkswagens (until the 2 liter introduced in '94) have the
intake and exhaust manifolds on the rear of the engine.
Todd
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