This TDI-Swapped Smart Is An Adorable Drag Racer With A Smoking Habit

Someone felt the need to transplant a 1.9-litre TDI engine into a Smart ForTwo, with fast and hilarious results
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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…

This TDI-Swapped Smart Is An Adorable Drag Racer With A Smoking Habit

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…

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Comments

FLixy Madfox

Are rhe wheels on rhe wheelie bar…. Shopping cart wheels?

01/22/2018 - 11:53 |
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It’s not stupid if it works

01/22/2018 - 12:12 |
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BenPaye(JDMSquad)(MX5Squad)(LFAsquad)(Subie Squad) (Rotary F

Madness

01/22/2018 - 11:55 |
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Rahul 1

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01/22/2018 - 11:57 |
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Dirty Diesel

Bueno

01/22/2018 - 12:00 |
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Blade noir

If the ForTwo could speak, this is what it would say:

01/22/2018 - 12:17 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

In reply to by Blade noir

e d g y
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01/22/2018 - 13:06 |
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Anonymous

That’s a fine looking ass (call me perverted but IDC).

01/22/2018 - 12:18 |
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Extreme Daniel

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Looks like a Kim Kardashian version of a car

01/22/2018 - 13:05 |
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Olivier (CT's grammar commie)

All these mods and it only can pull off a 13 second time? I’d rather see a Busa engine in that

01/22/2018 - 13:07 |
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i’d rather have this for shiits and giggles tho😂

01/22/2018 - 13:13 |
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Anonymous

Is this this kebab stick the half shaft?

01/22/2018 - 13:16 |
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boi_

In reply to by Anonymous (not verified)

Remove kebab

01/22/2018 - 19:13 |
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slevo beavo

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.

01/22/2018 - 14:00 |
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Anonymous

Does it also have a drinking problem?

01/22/2018 - 14:09 |
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