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I just hear people every day say I'm gonna... well after braking another drive shaft that was poorly constructed by Smartuki I thought...- I have to stop these people from saying I'm gonna - I don't regret this build but I am lucky to have the funds at this time in my life to pay for this useless shyt - I could only imagine a kid saving for this or buying it and getting into deep
With all of the quality chassis shops and performance shops in CA why not just cut your losses and take the car and the engine you want to use and have some one fab it up from scratch. I bet it would have been cheaper to start out this way. I know we are going to gut it and start from nothing if we can get our hands on an old smart cheap. If not we will be building a tube chassis from the ground up and hanging smart body panels from it.
In 3-4 years some 451s engines will need to be replaced or rebuild (due high millage or other problems). Some owners, me included will try to do the swap. There is a great time for some company here in the States to start to invest in R&D. Even if they will charge $5K per kit they will be a million dollar business. I am looking forward to see some company sell conversion kit here in the North America.
Im sorry. I am really interested in this thread but have no idea what this kit does. Can you enlighten the ignorant non-motorhead?
It puts a Suzuki GSXR engine and transmission into the Smart. It will outdrag a Ferrari in the 1/4 mile. If you Google "Smartuki", you will find vids and all sorts of info on this conversion.
There was also talk of putting a Suzuki Hyabusa drivetrain into the Smart. That's nearly 200 hp and 6 speeds.
If the subaru boxster engine fits in a classic bug. Why not try putting it in the smart. There are alot better engines then this "gsxr" junk!!
Better yet, try putting a turbo on the 451 and find its limits. Any other comment would me insulting you guys!!
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