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02-01-2007, 12:47 AM
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Why do ford focus' have those driveshaft tunnels if they are front wheel drives and theres no drive shaft?
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02-01-2007, 12:49 AM
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often they're designed for other markets, where its possible to have an all wheel drive variant...
or they sometimes run the exhaust along it allowing better undercar clearance... or, they designed them that way to allow for these http://www.ford-v8-focus.com/index.html |
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02-01-2007, 01:19 AM
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Also remember that the car is using in rallying so they'd want to consider the competetivness of the car as a rally car when designing it.
Another reason is that the chassis is new and Ford probably designed it to last the next 15 years or so, and they probably designed it as a easy way to base a small/mid size RWD/AWD on |
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02-01-2007, 08:48 AM
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2007 Ford Focus Zetec
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I thought the tunnel was for the exhaust components, and allowing for the heat to escape.
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02-01-2007, 09:09 AM
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The Focus is built on the Ford C1 platform which is designed to run AWD gear. The Volvo V50 is built on the same platform and comes with AWD.
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02-01-2007, 11:14 AM
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EDIT my bad: C307 is the duratec engine code C1 Platform is LS, C170 is the LR. |
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03-01-2007, 09:29 PM
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03-01-2007, 03:52 PM
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02-01-2007, 11:55 AM
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Victoria
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Also a tunnel gives stiffness to the structure so it's not wasted space.
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