So I was on a vintage racecar kick and looking up a bunch of old iamges over the past few days. Earleir today, I was going through 1970s Sueprmodified photos, and found this image of a mid-engined radical offset design:

http://www.jakessite.com/images/sidecuda.jpg

The noise wouldn't be so bad -even in the 1970s adequate ear protection was readily available- but MY GOD THE HEAT....