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mid-engine:
A chassis layout that positions the engine behind the passenger compartment but ahead of the rear axle. Also see
underfloor mid-engine
front engine
rear engine


mid-engine chassis configuration:
The engine is located in the center of the chassis directly behind the passenger compartment (normally these are only 2-seater vehicles) but ahead of the center line of the rear wheels. In most cases, the fuel tank is directly in front of the passengers. This provides much better weight distribution and handling. There are three basic chassis configurations used today. The front engine configuration with the engine in the front, the passenger compartment in the middle and the trunk in the back. There are rear-engineered cars (like the Volkswagen Bug and the Porsche 911) where the trunk is in the front, the passengers are in the middle and the engine is in the back, behind the center line. And the mid-engine configuration described above. See mid-engine.



What is the definition of a Mid-Engine vehicle?

The engine is located in the center of the chassis directly behind the passenger compartment (normally these are only 2-seater vehicles) but ahead of the center line of the rear wheels. In most cases, the fuel tank is directly in front of the passengers. This provides much better weight distribution and handling. There are three basic chassis configurations used today. The front engine configuration with the engine in the front, the passenger compartment in the middle and the trunk in the back. There are rear-engineered cars (like the Volkswagen Bug and the Porsche 911) where the trunk is in the front, the passengers are in the middle and the engine is in the back, behind the center line. And the mid-engine configuration described above.



Most competition cars use this drivetrain design, and so do many high-performance sports cars.The MR layout was first widely used in single-seat racing cars. In a narrow, rear-wheel drive single-seater, the driveshaft of a front mounted engine must pass underneath or beside the driver. This means that the body will be higher or wider than otherwise. For a single-seat racing car, decreased frontal area for less aerodynamic drag is an advantage of the mid-engine design. When mid-engined single-seat racers gained acceptance in the late 1950s, two-seat sports-racers were developed from them. Mid-engine high-performance road cars followed.



The MR design can also decrease the frontal area of a two-seat sports car, and allow other aerodynamic advantages. But perhaps the most important advantage of the design for a high-performance vehicle is that it concentrates the vehicle

 

Wow, I always thought it was simple. I guess I'm just simple-minded
Mid-engined: dead space/trunk/spare space in the front where engine is usually located in most cars; seats for us; engine behind us; and some more dead space behind for trunk/spare/etc. You know, engine is in the middle vs front vs rear of the car, thus, mid-engine.

We can't keep it simple? It's not like Potato/potato; Tomato/tomato thing?

 

i'm afraid i need documentation a bit more substantial than a manual for playstation or a brooklands fiero book....oh yeah,the total # of words doesn't really count...if you're
gonna dive in this thing,let's get some credible sources....

 

If you took time to look it's not from the playstation or fiero book.
Look it up in a dictionary. Like onelook.com

This is the dictionary of automotive terms!


http://100megsfree4.com/dictionary/car-dic....htm#Mid-engine

Hum some crediable sources after all

 

Let me cool off your flames with some more credable sources

http://www.srodictionary.com/sro-dicm.htm


AUTOZONE

http://www.autozone.com/servlet/UiBroker?F...23d8004e935.jsp

mid-engined: A chassis layout whereby the engine is behind the driver, but in front of the rear wheels.



Woman motorist:


http://www.womanmotorist.com/index.php/new.../611/event=view

Mid-Engine Chassis Configuration

The engine is located in the center of the chassis directly behind the passenger compartment (normally these are only 2-seater vehicles) but ahead of the center line of the rear wheels. In most cases, the fuel tank is directly in front of the passengers. This provides much better weight distribution and handling. There are three basic chassis configurations used today. The front engine configuration with the engine in the front, the passenger compartment in the middle and the trunk in the back. There are rear-engineered cars (like the Volkswagen Bug and the Porsche 911) where the trunk is in the front, the passengers are in the middle and the engine is in the back, behind the center line. And the mid-engine configuration described above.

Street racing.org
http://www.streetracing.org/paris/dictiona...ry/sro-dicm.htm


Yet anouther dictionary

http://www.allwords.com/glossaryPage.php?C...T=AUM&letter=M%

midengine (adj.) mid

 

the Mazda RX-7 has been called a mid enginge since 1978 and possibly the earlier RX cars like the RX-2, RX-3, RX-5 and Rotary Pickup.

 

I can't believe I just wasted time reading this stupid thread. Holy crap, I just wasted time posting in it also. Stupid thread, the S2000 is no way a mid engine car. That's just dumb to even think so.

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by simons2k

 

That's nice I'm assuming that means the engine is behind the passenger compartment.

I can't belive I've wasted my time with this thread either or that anyone else has... Pick up a dictionary...

 

If I call the shit that comes out of my ass gold.... Does that make it so? If you want you can have it before I flush it down the toilet...