Can someone explain -- transmission flipping

[ternil@union.edu (Lyman M. Terni)]

Also possible on the list of wierd things is a transaxle. The Porsche 
928s had them, and man its weird. first is where second belongs, 
second first, and so on, basically mirrored front to back. Now just 
thank god it wasn't a right hand drive...

-Lyman


>Turn the engine and tranny 180 degrees?  :)
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ron Pieper" <rapieper@yahoo.com>
>To: "Tobias ><" <scirocco16v88@hotmail.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, May 07, 2002 7:19 PM
>Subject: Re: Can someone explain -- transmission flipping
>
>
>>  Say wha?
>>
>>  If you simply want the tranny to have the output shafts rotate in the
>>  opposite direction (with the original engine rotation
>>  direction)...well...you'd have to be in reverse all the time.  And
>>  that's only one gear.  In other words, no way.
>>
>>  Power travels from the flywheel via the clutch to the mainshaft.  Then,
>>  through any one of the five forward gears, to the pinion shaft and then
>>  the diff.  Reverse gear throws an extra gear between the main and
>>  pinion shafts, reversing it's rotation. 
>>
>>  So, no way to get the tranny to drive the car the wrong way.  It'd be
>>  easier to develop a reverse rotating engine, IMO.
>>
>>  Now, back to your regularly scheduled brainstorm...
>>
>>  Ron
>>
>>
>>  --- "Tobias ><" <scirocco16v88@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>  >
>>  > Ok, so with all this egine relocation talk, could someone explain how
>>  > you
>>  > get the transmission to perform the same duty if you flip it
>>  > backwards.
>>  >
>>  > What internal parts have to be changed to get it to run in the right
>>  > direction? Would this be a fairly simple (and I use the term simple
>>  > losely
>>  > here) procedure?
>>  >
>>  > I haven't seen a transmissions guts, but logistics would say that you
>>  > flip
>>  > the thing at the end of the driving shaft to get a reversed rotation?
>>  >
>>  > TIA,
>>  > Tobias
>>  >
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