Christian,

Main limiting factor was the exhaust manifold. Very close to the gearbox. Could have angled the head up, but theguys were trying to keep machining simple. Hard to run through all the engine design iteration conducted over a number of years. Lots of compromise everywhere with the powertrain. Whenever something looks like we did something a bit odd the reason is usually to do with ease of manufacture, ease of rebuilding and chasing reliability.

Z,

If both wheels can go forward by 150mm some very cool packaging ideas can be investigated. Guys are working on it.none of the things we talk about in the workshop is that simplicity is not easy. Tokyo Denki had a couple of cool ideas that would work well with achieving that.

I think in a few years time we could be seeing a big change in how simple and small these cars become. Enough teams are playing around with the ideas. If a few of the best teams bite and give it a go we could see the end of the mini-f3 cars.

Kev