Can you transversely mount an in-line 6 engine ?

[tacoboy]

Can you transversely mount a BMW straight six engine ?

[cortinaman]

as long as you modify it,anything is possible.......you'd need a wide car though!

[liquidken]

Sounds like someone wants to dump a nice 2.5 litre into a Nova...or other light front wheel drive car.

[900T-R]

Volvo did a transverse IL six in the S80.
Kia or Daewoo has something like this on their shelves, too.

So in principle, yes. Not that feasible within the confines of a Nova/Saxo, tho'...

[Guy Humpage]

Six cylinder traverses in such exotica as the Austin Landcrab and Princess/Ambassador.

Surely the biggest problem (other than space) would be finding a suitable fwd gearbox to mate the engine to.

[900T-R]

Guy - of course, should have remembered those.

Didn't keep Daewoo (I think it was them) from claiming the transverse IL they're about to introduce being something of a breaktrough...

[tacoboy]

My idea was for something like a Lotus Esprit style, but with a transverly mounted straight six in the rear.

[Andrew Noakes]

Can't really see the point. Why not just mount it longitudinally with the gearbox at the back, like in the M1?

[900T-R]

Andrew Noakes said:

Can't really see the point. Why not just mount it longitudinally with the gearbox at the back, like in the M1?

Packaging?