The Nichimos wheels might spin but it will be going forward. Try the same trick with a rwd with no slipper on a low grip surface such as the dusty hard tracks the world champs was run on with the hard tyres we had at the time. At the 87 worlds the tyre of choice was the Option House square block, if you weren't running those on the rear the cars just couldn't get round the track at all. In those conditions with hot motors in them the Nichimo will always beat an RC10 down the straight as it will pull itself down the track, the rwd will have to be fought with to get it to run in a straight line and you will never be able to just open the throttle, never mind trying to stop it spinning out when coming out of the corners.shodog wrote:I have a had time believing that a front wheel drive car had such an advantage. I remember when my friend bought a front wheel drive Nichimo. It was the laughing stock of the shop. the minute you hit the throttle, the front wheels would just spin without grabbing much traction
The rule was brought in to stop the situation where everyone would need a rwd for when the grip was high and a fwd for when the grip was low. At the 87 worlds the German team turned up with a couple of scratch built fwds based on Schumacher bits, they were seriously quick on the track and a serious threat to the top teams because they were so much easier to drive.
.Thanks once again for taking the time to upload this.
.How is the transmission accomplished?Does it have a belt? I can see the link you are talking about though it seems to be leading to the bellcranks which in turn hang below the top deck in a similar fashion to the original CAT.Is the servo upright?Great photo and info anyway.Would be great to read the editorial which must be describing vividly the controversy those cars caused ,as well as seeing more info on the 1987 Worlds whenever you feel like sharing with us 
Hope to see a thread here at sometime with all Schumacher pan car history
