stryped wrote:
On Jul 10, 8:12 am, "Joe AutoDrill" wrote:
"stryped" wrote in message

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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.

It can be done... But you need sufficient air flow to keep the
engine / radiator cool.

Check out these groups for a start:

http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=trike+builders

Maybe they have profile photos showing you how others got around the
issue.

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I never thougth of that but you are right, the engine was probably
forward, just the radiator backward.

What would keep that set up from popping wheelies at 70mph????

A long heavy front end , and seating for the driver well ahead of the
motor/transaxle set-up . There's a guy lives near Memphis (Tn) that's built
more that a couple . Last one was pretty cool , used a fuel-injected Volvo
(IIRC) FWD power unit . It had wheelie bars ...

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