Where JZD got his orignal Idea for a rear engined delorean JZD being in charge of General Motors Chevy Division,in the years of this prototype one off,most likely already knew what would happen with a rear engined car with MATCHED size tires,and the engineering that would be involved to overcome THIS problem if he wanted to have a safe car to manufaucture,because of the testing on this car,he KNEW it would be a challenge to overcome,even using a all aluminum engine (this one off orignally had a all aluminum engine)and a backbone style frame,So most likely when Lotus engineering proposed to use this style setup,he knew the Challenges involved to get it correct,and remembered/ back to these thoughts/insperations/this failed Corvette when it came to making the Delorean a rear engined car...look VERY familiar frame wise/engine setup? See the link below. http://www.corvettes.nl/prototypes/page37/page37.html Claude 1024 (bricklin) ------------------------------------ To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/