Yeah, a dry sump would allow the engine to sit perhaps 2-4" lower, maybe more depending on the pan shape. The B58 has a fairly large pan with a rear sump, but of course a dry sump system has a pan as well, just smaller. FWIW, the LFA uses a V10 and has a 17.7" CoG, lower than the 86 by 0.4"; of course, the caveat being that it's dry sump. The M4 apparently is around 19.5" (according to forums, no real published info), and its a fairly big coupe with a similar slant 6 engine (and a carbon roof). I think perhaps Toyota managed to get the chassis and wet-sump engine low enough to just barely beat the 86's 18.1", probably by 0.1" at best lol. Either way, still impressive.Hey guff, I was wondering, would that angle + a dry sump system lower this engine pretty low? This would lower the CoG greatly right? I do agree that the costs and reliability would be greater, but maybe this is one of those costs that they agreed to take on? I'm just REALLY curious how an inline 6 can have a lower CoG than a flat 4......The engineer in me can't wait to see these nerdy details hahaha
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