stryped wrote:
Would it be possible to build a trike using the engine and transaxle
out of a front wheel drive car. With the radiator and everythign
behine the seat?

I have seen trikes before that did this, but the engine was backwards.
(Radiator was at the rear end of trike.) Why would this be?

I would love to build a trike but most are vw based and those engines
are becomming scarce.

I had a neighbor once who cut the frame rails of an Olds Tornado right
behind the rear torsion bar supports, leaving the cruise controls
intact, also the air cond. system, he added a set of front forks of
billet steel (instead of tubes) to have some weight to keep the front on
the ground but when complete, but not yet fully finished, he still could
"blip" the throttle lightly and raise the front wheel. I moved away
before it was totally complete but looked to be a really awesome trike
in the making. Where he finally put the radiator I don't really know, it
was still in the shaking out stage when I left.