I was reading in one of the kit car magazines an article about a very unique Cobra replica that used a drivetrain similar to the new 'Vettes with the engine connected to the transaxle via a torque tube. What caught my attention was the mention that the next "prototype" would be different in that it would use a Tremec Transaxle.
That is not a unique setup--somewhere in the back corners of this brain there is a memory that the Pontiac LeMans used a transaxle during it's early production in the early 60's. Obviously, by the time Pontiac stormed the muscle car market with the GTO in l964 (which was just an option on the LeMans, much like the Z28 was just an option on the Camaro), they were using a traditional transmission/driveshaft/differential setup.
Considering the difficulty transaxles cause in completion of our 40's, I was just wondering if Tremec might have any form of solution here.
Of course, since I'm not at the build stage yet I haven't investigated any further, but many of you are approaching this issue and if Tremec has something new in the works it might bear investigating.
Doug
That is not a unique setup--somewhere in the back corners of this brain there is a memory that the Pontiac LeMans used a transaxle during it's early production in the early 60's. Obviously, by the time Pontiac stormed the muscle car market with the GTO in l964 (which was just an option on the LeMans, much like the Z28 was just an option on the Camaro), they were using a traditional transmission/driveshaft/differential setup.
Considering the difficulty transaxles cause in completion of our 40's, I was just wondering if Tremec might have any form of solution here.
Of course, since I'm not at the build stage yet I haven't investigated any further, but many of you are approaching this issue and if Tremec has something new in the works it might bear investigating.
Doug