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Engine Position

The document discusses various engine positions (front, rear, central/mid) and their respective advantages and disadvantages, focusing on aspects like safety, handling, and space utilization. It also outlines different drive arrangements (front engine/rear-wheel drive, front engine/front-wheel drive, rear engine/rear-wheel drive, and four-wheel drive), highlighting their benefits and drawbacks in terms of traction, comfort, and maintenance. Overall, the document provides a comparative analysis of engine layouts and drive configurations in vehicles.

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Engine Position

The document discusses various engine positions (front, rear, central/mid) and their respective advantages and disadvantages, focusing on aspects like safety, handling, and space utilization. It also outlines different drive arrangements (front engine/rear-wheel drive, front engine/front-wheel drive, rear engine/rear-wheel drive, and four-wheel drive), highlighting their benefits and drawbacks in terms of traction, comfort, and maintenance. Overall, the document provides a comparative analysis of engine layouts and drive configurations in vehicles.

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Engine position:

Front engine
* The large mass of an engine at the front of the car gives the driver protection in
the event of a head on collision.
* Engine cooling is simpler to arrange
* In addition the cornering ability of a vehicle is normally better if the weight is
concentrated at the front.

Rear engine
* It increases the load on the rear driving wheels, giving them better grip of the
road. Most rear-engine layouts have been confined to comparatively small cars,
because the heavy engine at the rear has an adverse effect on the ‘handling’ of
the car by making it ‘tail-heavy’.
* Also it takes up good deal of space that would be used on a front-engine car for
carrying luggage. Most of the space vacated by the engine at the front end can be
used for luggage, but this space is usually less than that available at the rear.

Central and mid-engine


* These engine situations generally apply to sports cars because the engine sitting
gives a load distribution that achieves both good handling and maximum
traction from the driving wheels.
These advantages, whilst of great importance for special cars, are outweighed in
the case of everyday cars by the fact that the engine takes up space that would
normally be occupied by passengers. The mid-engine layout shown combines the
engine and transmission components in one unit. The term mid-engine is used
because the engine is mounted in front of rear axle line.

Drive arrangements:

Front engine and rear-wheel drive

Advantages:
*Better axle load distribution
*Better road grip
*Comfort riding
*Better cooling
*Less noise (long exhaust pipe)
*Use a long engine

Disadvantages:
*Heavy (more weight)
*The passenger compartment has
the propeller shaft tunnel.

Front engine and front-wheel drive

Advantages:
* More space in passenger
compartment.
* Easy to place the fuel tank (bigger)
* More safe in the event of head on
collision. (engine mass)
* Shorter car length and better
passenger compartment
* Better cooling
* No problem in steering the car in a
slippery road.

Disadvantages:
* The need to a power steering
* More tire wear in the front axle
* Less brake efficiency, 75% front and
25% rear.
* Less climbing ability
* Less accessibility for engine parts
(maintenance)

Rear engine and rear wheel drive

Advantages:
* Good brake distribution on the
axles
* Better climbing ability and
acceleration
* Less steering effort

Disadvantages:
* More rear wheel tire wear.
* Bad cooling
* Less space for luggage
* Sensitive to the wind.
* Less safety (front fuel tank)

Four-wheel drive

Advantages:
* Better traction
* Less risk of wheel spin
* Minimizes the possibility of wheel
lock-up when braking the car.
* More gradient ability

Disadvantages:
* Heavier
* Increase the fuel consumption
* Tires wear if driven on a paved
road.

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