How did they fit it in.
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2012974.html
Can somebody please tell me how in the hell they fit a 5 litre engine in a smart car.I assume it has to be in the wheel base.
[NS]Fergi America
27-09-2006, 20:49
ROFLROFL
That's the most hilarious thing I've seen in ages!
5 litre... whimp!
Link (http://www.ourlighterside.com/stuff/engineer/)
http://www.ourlighterside.com/stuff/engineer/image003286.jpg
yes, that is a Jet engine sticking out of the back of that bug...
and his wife wanted her scooter to go faster, so...
http://www.ourlighterside.com/stuff/engineer/image01751.jpg
which goes to show, becareful what you ask for...
Infinite Revolution
27-09-2006, 21:27
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_2012974.html
Can somebody please tell me how in the hell they fit a 5 litre engine in a smart car.I assume it has to be in the wheel base.
i would reckon that the engine isn't actually within the bodywork. but that looks awesome! i wanna shot!
PsychoticDan
27-09-2006, 21:28
I wanna know how they developed a 5 litre engine that only delivers 84 HP. :confused: My 4.6 litre delivers 280... Seems like an 84 horse power engine would have trouble climbing speed bumps.
Infinite Revolution
27-09-2006, 21:29
but how did they only manage to get 84 horses out of a 5litre diesel lump? that's even worse than american style power to capacity ratios.
but how did they only manage to get 84 horses out of a 5litre diesel lump? that's even worse than american style power to capacity ratios.
Noot sure they didn't mean drawbar hp.
Dodudodu
27-09-2006, 21:47
Thats basically a chair on top of an engine with wheels right there.
Boonytopia
28-09-2006, 09:17
I wanna know how they developed a 5 litre engine that only delivers 84 HP. :confused: My 4.6 litre delivers 280... Seems like an 84 horse power engine would have trouble climbing speed bumps.
but how did they only manage to get 84 horses out of a 5litre diesel lump? that's even worse than american style power to capacity ratios.
I think it must be a typo. It's a 5,675cc (that's 5.7 litres), six cylinder diesel & the standard engine only delivers 42bhp. It just doesn't add up.
Cannot think of a name
28-09-2006, 12:47
I think it must be a typo. It's a 5,675cc (that's 5.7 litres), six cylinder diesel & the standard engine only delivers 42bhp. It just doesn't add up.
It could be that it's diesel, and most of diesel's push is in torque, not horsepower. I don't know for sure if it would be like that.
Boonytopia
28-09-2006, 13:04
It could be that it's diesel, and most of diesel's push is in torque, not horsepower. I don't know for sure if it would be like that.
It's still going to be more than 84hp though.
The Peugeot 1.6 litre diesel has 89hp.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peugeot_307
Neu Leonstein
28-09-2006, 13:15
Well, I once read of an old Mini where they put a big bike engine in the cabin. It would make horrible noise and spit oil at the driver, but it was pretty fast. :D
Then there was a racing Nissan Micra or something with an M3 engine. You just have to move the driver out of the way, and you can fit it into the cabin. I'd assume they did the same thing here.
This would probably be something like an Unimog Engine, and I have a perpetrator in mind - the OM352 (http://www.danialcar.com/om352.htm) fits the bill almost perfectly. Although it says 96kW here, in the original Unimogs it was only rated for 80bhp (according to wiki, anyways). So this might be the one, since it says that it used other Unimog parts, and it couldn't be fully tweaked if it had to sit next to the driver in the cabin, and the whole thing isn't meant for performance anyways.