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What engine is in a Smart car?
« on: 17 August 2008, 19:43:08 »
Coz it must be rubbish.......

There are two Smart cars in my local garage........both 04 plates gathering dust.......

Both belong to a pizza delivery shop.....

I asked the owner of the garage whats up with them......

He told me....."Both have siezed engines....Smart cars engines use oil.......and should be checked on a weekly basis......and you dont expect pizza delivery drivers to check the oil.......result 2 knackered smarts"
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #1 on: 17 August 2008, 19:45:38 »
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Coz it must be rubbish.......

There are two Smart cars in my local garage........both 04 plates gathering dust.......

Both belong to a pizza delivery shop.....

I asked the owner of the garage whats up with them......

He told me....."Both have siezed engines....Smart cars engines use oil.......and should be checked on a weekly basis......and you dont expect pizza delivery drivers to check the oil.......result 2 knackered smarts"

Shame  ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #2 on: 17 August 2008, 19:48:44 »
Probably some evolution of the singer sewing machine. ;D
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #3 on: 17 August 2008, 19:50:07 »
You learn something new everyday. I never put oil in one of these

Perhaps that's where I've been gong wrong...
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #4 on: 17 August 2008, 22:05:32 »
If they're scrapping them I'll have the batteries for my TV remote ;D
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #5 on: 17 August 2008, 22:36:26 »
not sure what engines in them but think smart should have a chat with this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEdmmWb9DhQ&feature=related
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #6 on: 17 August 2008, 22:46:15 »
Wish my pizza service used the Hayabussa version, had to wait nearly an hour tonight.   :-/ :-/
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #8 on: 18 August 2008, 10:57:53 »
They have small half engines - missing a whole bank
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #9 on: 18 August 2008, 11:04:41 »
Yes, they are a little 3 pot engine with 6 valves and a camshaft setup very similar to that utilised on the old 8 valve Vx engines.

They have a habit of guzzling oil......and hence the failures.

Have a look here for some pics of this lump:

http://prowl.org/smartcar/engine.php
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #10 on: 18 August 2008, 11:06:58 »
Little turbo charged 600cc engines, pretty highlyy tuned.  Performance is surprising good for what it is.

My brother had one as a company car (in preference to various Mercs) when he worked for a well known motor racing team, and he loved it.  When he resigned, he always said that was the one thing he missed.
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« Reply #11 on: 18 August 2008, 11:13:32 »
6 valve surprised me - last 6V one I had seen was a friends Wet Super Dream.

I was expecting a 12v
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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #12 on: 18 August 2008, 12:00:13 »
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Have a look here for some pics of this lump:

http://prowl.org/smartcar/engine.php

What's that opposite the spark plug in the combustion chamber? Direct fuel injectors or twin spark perhaps?

Dropping a bike engine in does seem the sensible option. Apart from the power it would allow you to do clutchless gear changes in milliseconds instead of gear changes "under the supervision of the nannying electronics" which seem to take about 3 seconds in a smart.  >:(

If there's anything you do need in a car with a small, light, revvy but ultimately underpowered engine it's slick gearchanges. That could turn the Smart into something quite entertaining rather than the total bore it is currently, IMHO.

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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #13 on: 18 August 2008, 12:04:59 »
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Have a look here for some pics of this lump:

http://prowl.org/smartcar/engine.php

What's that opposite the spark plug in the combustion chamber? Direct fuel injectors or twin spark perhaps?

Dropping a bike engine in does seem the sensible option. Apart from the power it would allow you to do clutchless gear changes in milliseconds instead of gear changes "under the supervision of the nannying electronics" which seem to take about 3 seconds in a smart.  >:(

If there's anything you do need in a car with a small, light, revvy but ultimately underpowered engine it's slick gearchanges. That could turn the Smart into something quite entertaining rather than the total bore it is currently, IMHO.

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Re: What engine is in a Smart car?
« Reply #14 on: 18 August 2008, 12:17:21 »
Typical servo controlled manual box, utter crap
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