I'm in the process of building up an A15 motor for the street/autocross car. The head is an A14 oval port with 40mm intake, 33mm exhaust valves. Carbs are dual 40DCOE Webers using 30mm chokes for the first tuning go around. Cam has not been chosen yet.

The thought I had today is what about offsetting the engine to the right a couple of inches? The car is a LHD model so space is very cramped on the carb side of the engine bay. As far as I can see, this would do 2 positive things- Creates more space for the carbs and aircleaner setup and would help balance the car weight wise (helping to offset my 190# on the left side of the car).

As the sedan was an automatic model there is plenty of room in the transmission tunnel to swing the front of the engine to the right leaving the output shaft of the transmission centered.

As I have to have a drive line fabricated to fit the 63A dogleg 5 speed tranny in the car, it would not be too much more to have the front of the drive line setup with a CV joint to deal with the angle caused by the engine being offset.

After a quick look at the engine compartment it looks like the only change to the engine would be to use a short oil filter to clear the front antisway bar.

Thoughts?