the first-gen honda acty this drawing is obviously based on had its boxer-four under the bed. i don’t see why that wouldn’t work here.
Comment on Lawyer here: I concur!
ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 23 hours ago
The drivetrain doesn’t have a place to live. The nose of a truck holds the guts, freeing up space for load in the other half. Moving the guts to a cab-over would shrink the available engine size. Having all the power train to one side would require entirely new engineering to have 2 double length axles with no counter spinning force, so torque on the frame would twist the chassis up at the far point like a lever.
Or it would be underpowered to prevent it, effectively a kei truck engine in a full sized truck body. It is going to work much harder in some way to be as successful as existing trucks.
lime@feddit.nu 22 hours ago
BCsven@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
Flat six below deck
bizarroland@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
If it were electric, you could put the battery on the bed side.
You could easily squeeze 200 horsepower into a vehicle of this size.
rumba@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
Already exsists:
1960 DeKalb Lumberjack