Mounting arrangement for automotive engine with longitudinally arranged cylinders.

摘要

In a mounting arrangement for an internal combustion engine with at least one row of cylinders arranged in a longitudinal direction of a four-wheel drive or a front-wheel drive automotive vehicle, which employs a front-wheel drive shaft and a front differential connected to said front-wheel drive shaft, the front-wheel drive shaft and the front differential are both arranged at the side of the engine in the vicinity of the front end of the engine block, and engine mounts mounting the engine, are arranged backwardly of said front-wheel drive shaft, so as to assure a shorter entire length and a shorter entire width of the power plant and to provide an optimal car weight balance between front and rear wheels. <IMAGE>