Smartuki: Smart Car w/ GSX-R1000 engine - Tilted Forum Project Discussion Community

Cynthetiq · 05-08-2008, 08:54 PM

Quote:

View: Smart Car with Suzuki Motorcycle Engine
Source: Smartuki
posted with the TFP thread generator

Smart Car with Suzuki Motorcycle Engine
Looking for Smartuki Agents
Smartuki are currently looking for worldwide agents and manufacturing partners. Please use the contact link if you think you might be interested.

Developing new kit for Smarts after 2007
We are currently developing a modified kit to fit the new model Smart. This will be complete very soon and will use the later (2006 onwards) GSXR1000 engines.

Available as a Kit, Components or Complete Car
Here it is, the original GSXR 1000 bike engined Smartuki. This conversion was originally designed by Z-Cars who then sold the design and rights due to their workload on other projects.

Take one tiny little Smart car, remove the rather sad and under powered little engine and replace it with something more interesting from a high performance motorcycle and voila 160+ BHP, 12,500 RPM and a six speed sequential gearbox.

Whilst that may be a little over simplified, the conversion is a very professionally finished package capable of embarrassing cars costing ten times as much. Take a look at the pictures, they speak for themselves. The motorcycle engine is fitted into a custom sub-frame and occupies the original engine bay in the back of the car. Taking this route has maintained the car's interior comfort and practicality. Supercar performance with space for a passenger and shopping. Even the ABS is maintained!

If that is not enough, the Suzuki GSXR is one of the worlds most popular tuned motorbikes. There is a huge catalogue of performance tuning parts available for anyone that needs that little bit more. Conventional tuning with ignition, cams, fuel injection mapping etc can increase the horsepower to over 190 BHP. Add a Turbo and or Nitrous (N20) kit and 300+ BHP is a realistic possibility. We are planning to build a nitrous enhanced Smart Roadster Coupe in the future and we’ll take it to the drag strip to show it off. Watch out for the video soon.

Result? The stunningly quick and agile Smartuki.

Supercar performance at superbike price, 0-60 in under 5 Seconds!
Massive tuning potential for those that need even more.
Superbike/F1 howling exhaust note is priceless!!
Cheaper insurance than any performance car
Dryer in the rain than any superbike
You won’t end up in the hedge because of a diesel spill
You can take a passenger and the shopping
You still have the seatbelts the airbags and ABS
Road tax only £90/yr
Park in the same space as a bike

Vid 1

Top Gear

Spanish Smartuki

This is just amazing!!!!! It also looks like a lot of fun to drive...

Fotzlid · 05-09-2008, 05:36 AM

I want one.

Would probably need a second job just to keep tires on it, but I want one.

BadNick · 05-09-2008, 08:00 AM

Wow, very cool. I would love to take one of those for a spin around a track.

Halx · 05-09-2008, 09:42 AM

The impromptu stoplight drag races would be a hoot.

lotsofmagnets · 05-09-2008, 09:50 AM

RetroGunslinger · 05-09-2008, 10:01 AM

Oh yeah, that's ending up in a Michael Bay movie.

QuasiMondo · 05-09-2008, 10:33 AM

That'll be the only way I'll ever be seen in a Smart.

Ilow · 05-09-2008, 03:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by QuasiMondo

That'll be the only way I'll ever be seen in a Smart.

my sentiments as well.
that thing seemed to want to go ass end around awfully quickly, I would hate to die in one of those...

MSD · 05-10-2008, 12:05 AM

This is a no-compromise vehicle. You can fly through traffic at high speed in an unstable, compact vehicle without giving up the experience of flying through the windshield of a car when you crash.

blahblah454 · 05-10-2008, 08:51 AM

Well I am sold on the idea after that sweet realization brought about by MSD! Sign me up for one! I wonder what they will cost.

Ilow · 05-10-2008, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MSD

This is a no-compromise vehicle. You can fly through traffic at high speed in an unstable, compact vehicle without giving up the experience of flying through the windshield of a car when you crash.

Bah, that's amateur hour, you've got to bring the windshield to you by crashing into the ass end of an 18-wheeler!

supafly · 06-05-2008, 09:37 AM

That is one cool Smart.

MacGyver · 04-18-2009, 05:50 PM

That is AWESOME! It reminds me of the supped up minis from The Italian Job.

KellyC · 04-18-2009, 06:40 PM

*drools*
I want.

05-09-2008, 09:42 AM	#4 (permalink)
Halx Please touch this. Owner/Admin Location: Manhattan	The impromptu stoplight drag races would be a hoot. __________________ You have found this post informative. -The Administrator [Don't Feed The Animals]

05-09-2008, 09:50 AM	#5 (permalink)
lotsofmagnets Upright Location: reykjavík, iceland	want __________________ mother nature made the aeroplane, and the submarine sandwich, with the steady hands and dead eye of a remarkable sculptor. she shed her mountain turning training wheels, for the convenience of the moving sidewalk, that delivers the magnetic monkey children through the mouth of impossible calendar clock, into the devil's manhole cauldron. physics of a bicycle, isn't it remarkable?

05-09-2008, 10:01 AM	#6 (permalink)
RetroGunslinger eats puppies and shits rainbows Location: An Area of Space Occupied by a Population, SC, USA	Oh yeah, that's ending up in a Michael Bay movie. __________________ It's a rare pleasure in this world to get your mind fucked. Usually it's just foreplay. M.B. Keene

05-09-2008, 10:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
QuasiMondo Wise-ass Latino Location: Pretoria (Tshwane), RSA	That'll be the only way I'll ever be seen in a Smart. __________________ Cameron originally envisioned the Terminator as a small, unremarkable man, giving it the ability to blend in more easily. As a result, his first choice for the part was Lance Henriksen. O. J. Simpson was on the shortlist but Cameron did not think that such a nice guy could be a ruthless killer. -From the Collector's Edition DVD of The Terminator

06-05-2008, 09:37 AM	#12 (permalink)
supafly Psycho Location: Rotterdam	That is one cool Smart. __________________ Thumbs up

05-09-2008, 05:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Fotzlid Junkie Location: Greater Boston area	I want one. Would probably need a second job just to keep tires on it, but I want one.

05-09-2008, 08:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
BadNick Riding the Ocean Spray Location: S.E. PA in U Sofa	Wow, very cool. I would love to take one of those for a spin around a track.

05-10-2008, 12:05 AM	#9 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	This is a no-compromise vehicle. You can fly through traffic at high speed in an unstable, compact vehicle without giving up the experience of flying through the windshield of a car when you crash.

05-10-2008, 08:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
blahblah454 Let's put a smile on that face Location: On the road...	Well I am sold on the idea after that sweet realization brought about by MSD! Sign me up for one! I wonder what they will cost.

04-18-2009, 05:50 PM	#13 (permalink)
MacGyver Tilted Location: Wisconsin	That is AWESOME! It reminds me of the supped up minis from The Italian Job. __________________ More is more and less is less, More is better and twice as much is good too. Not enough is bad, And too much is never enough unless it's just about right.

04-18-2009, 06:40 PM	#14 (permalink)
KellyC Comment or else!! Location: Home sweet home	drools I want. __________________ Him: Ok, I have to ask, what do you believe? Me: Shit happens.