This TDI-Swapped Smart Is An Adorable Drag Racer With A Smoking Habit
Sometimes people build cars not because they make sense, but simply because they can. That appears to be the ethos behind this cute little drag racer: it’s a Smart ForTwo with not the kind of engine conversion you’d expect, like a high-revving, lightweight motorbike engine for instance. Nope, it has a 1.9-litre VW TDI engine. And boy, does it like to smoke.
It’ll belch its way to the quarter-mile finish-line in just 13 seconds, crossing the line at 105mph. We don’t feel all that envious of the guy filming at the start line during this video…
Naturally, the ForTwo has required a few further modifications for it to handle the 230bhp of thrust (plus a torque figure starting with a number ‘3’, no doubt): the rear track has been widened significantly, with bulging arches filled by much wider tyres. And it has a wheelie bar which looks to have nearly doubled the length of the car.
It’s quite adorable, we think. At least up until the point it starts forming vast, black clouds…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Are rhe wheels on rhe wheelie bar…. Shopping cart wheels?
It’s not stupid if it works
Madness
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Bueno
If the ForTwo could speak, this is what it would say:
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That’s a fine looking ass (call me perverted but IDC).
Looks like a Kim Kardashian version of a car
All these mods and it only can pull off a 13 second time? I’d rather see a Busa engine in that
i’d rather have this for shiits and giggles tho😂
Is this this kebab stick the half shaft?
Remove kebab
Same power as i have in my TDI, however that is a very bad setup, shouldn’t smoke that bad, bit of a cloud is fine.
My guess is a poor map or its running standard injectors and to get the power its running a long duration period.
Does it also have a drinking problem?