call me crazy...

But if you ever hit-ram anything, the engine up front helps stop the other car. Those old big block engines, they were big and heavy, best thing to have in a hard frontal impact

Look what happen when those old cars were hit hard from behind, the backseat got messed up, no engine in the trunk and the metal just folded up

Likely you never hit anything hard enough to need an engine in front but its nice to have if needed--like seat belts