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Originally Posted by updraught
Maybe one Mitchell is in reverse for hill climbing.
Like Bill says about the pinto engine car.
A pinto (never seen one, but used the engine in a Cortina for some years) needs to run flat out to make power.
With an overhead valve it would allow more revs.
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One installed forward and one backwards would end up the same ratio as having none, only more power lost on the way to the back wheels.
Also never seen a Pinto but I believe they are not he world's best motors which fits with "need to run flat out to make power". The Lotus motors in the Cortina - well that's a whole different story.