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@Dammit
Problem is that the location of the engine is fixed- no wiggle room there, and the location of the wheels is fixed, so the diff has to be in a specific location (with some wiggle room depending on drive shaft angle).
We looked at converting a G96.50 but input shaft length and overall positioning were not looking good- and then you have the cost of a G96.50 (GT3/turbo gearbox).
A sequential box designed for a mid-engines layout that could have the crown wheel location altered to reverse the drive (as you’d have to rotate the box 180 degrees) might work, but then you have the situation where you are asking a manufacturer to do a run of 3, whereas they’d like a minimum of 300.