Technical So how did they do this....

[Bigvtwin996]

well a nice picture of a 500 Racer...
and it looks like the 500 gearbox....
swapped over like they do with VW one to make it mid engined...
I didn't think you could do that with a 500 diff...
so... How did they do this...

 

[fiat500]

well a nice picture of a 500 Racer...
and it looks like the 500 gearbox....
swapped over like they do with VW one to make it mid engined...
I didn't think you could do that with a 500 diff...
so... How did they do this...

The casing of the gearbox is upside down as well as back to front so the driveshafts will move the car normally in all gears without modification; they were very clever.

 

[Bigvtwin996]

The casing of the gearbox is upside down as well as back to front so the driveshafts will move the car normally in all gears without modification; they were very clever.

trying to get my head round this..

ahh can see the sump plug on top.......

as on VW gearboxes they had to flip the diff...
they must have just turned the gear box round.... hence the need to flip the diff..


so, who's going to make their 500 mid engined???

 

[fiat500]

The mid-engined layout opens out the possibilities for engine swaps.Albeit, with the probable added complication of water-cooling to consider, you could get a heavier engine to fit with a reasonable weight balance. Juxtaposing the gearbox and engine positions would also allow you to accommodate for a counter-rotating engine.

 

[Toshi 975]

If it is a 500 then it has 4 cylinders. Could it actually be an 850 ?

 

[1500500]

If it is a 500 then it has 4 cylinders. Could it actually be an 850 ?

I thought it was an 850 too. Google image search formula Fiat 850 and there are more examples.

 

[Bigvtwin996]

If it is a 500 then it has 4 cylinders. Could it actually be an 850 ?

I have some other pictures of cars that were built... they used 500 engines but I believe there was also a class that used Alfa engines.....


Interesting though that a 500 Gearbox is strong enough to be used for racing...


I will try to find some more pics.....

 

[the hobbler]

Difficult to tell from this angle,but it could be the Abarth F3 car. This car shared the chassis with the Abarth F2 car (Tipo 232). The F2 car, with a 1,000cc twin-cam engine (supposedly producing 120bhp, but in reality, much less) was a complete failure, but the F3 derivation (Tipo 210-F) with a 88bhp 1,000cc push-rod engine, was a bit more successful. If any body want further details of either of these cars,contact me direct.