Turbo

[ASmartMan]

Turbo for the G&K Smart



Model: Smart City Coupe/ForTwo and Cabrio
Yr of the release: 01/2003 –
Fuel-: the gasoline
Smart Part/Number: 012473 V001 0000 00
Mercedes Part/Number: A160 096 0999
VIN begins s: WME01MC011H or WME01MC012H

[cooknkeeper]

Will this unit work on the US 451 model? Do you know if a complete turbo kit is offered? I'm interested in adding one when I get my new smart passion coupe. Nice pic. Looks like it will have to be on my passion someday since the Mits motor was designed for one!

[Fredvon4]

cooknkeeper

no it will not..... seek wellsmart UK for the 451 version... very expensive...

adding the turbo to the relativley low compression 10.1:1 NA/NA (North Amarican and Normally Aspirated) motor will also require a ECU re-mapping... our motor is 4 valve with variable intake timing computer controlled... simply bolting on the turbo kit is not advised....yet

[dw103]

will a turbo have any effect on the lagging of the transmission between 1st and 2nd?

[Fredvon4]

No it will not change the trany behavior

The power of the motor is not really a issue with the shift strategy of the transmission...

Your Smart fortwo transmission is a 5 speed computer controlled manual transmission that does the clutch work with an electric motor pretending to be your left clutch foot .....it is behaving exactly like any standard manual transmission

To change a gear up or down, the clutch must be disengaged, the shift happen, then clutch released to re-engage...this will always have some noticeable (lag) time during shifts.

When the modification kits get to us here in the USA, we should be able to increase the 1.0 L motor from 71 HP to 84~95HP fairly easily... but this will not make the manual trany feel more like a smooth as silk automatic in other Mercedes products...