I was just taking some measurements today and noticed that the crank pulley
of the R16 is centered between the frame rails, meaning that its output
should be also be centered in the vehicle. But I noticed that the tranny
tunnel is offset to the right to match the offset diff input shaft... so does
this mean that the offset is built into the tranny, or is the engine and
tranny centered, and the driveshaft angled front center to mate up to the
diff?
Not sure if I'm making any sense right now, but I'm basically wondering if
it's usually best to perfectly center a motor/tranny and diff in a car and
then run the driveshaft at an angle between them. Or is it better to center
the diff, and then mount the engine/tranny and driveshaft a bit to the right
so that they make a straight run to the diff's input shaft? OR, maybe you're
supposed to perfectly center the engine/tranny and driveshaft, and mount the
diff a few inches to the left to center it's input shaft??
Sorry this is confusing, but I'm a bit confused...
Van
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