I built the drivetrain for a sandrail for a good friend of mine and we used an earlier version of the Honda J35 mated to a mendeola transaxle. That car was light, handled awesome, used almost no fuel in a full day in the dunes, and was reliable as hell. The car is still together and running today 12 years after we built it. We’ve never touched the drivetrain. When it came time to build my falcon i wanted an all aluminum very light and small engine package that I could almost mid mount. I wanted the car to handle well and have excellent street manners. I also met and became friends with a world renowned import racer/tuner and he was very much a J35 fan. He has one in a minivan that makes over 1000hp to the front tires.it seemed like a perfect solution and It made sense in my dumb head.