{"id":3449,"date":"2014-04-24T17:19:42","date_gmt":"2014-04-24T17:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3449"},"modified":"2022-03-20T00:26:29","modified_gmt":"2022-03-20T05:26:29","slug":"v8-powered-smart-fortwo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3449","title":{"rendered":"V8 Powered Smart Fortwo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3452\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3452\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3452\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3452\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?fit=1080%2C720&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;drag Smart Fortwo with V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?resize=625%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02\" width=\"625\" height=\"416\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?resize=624%2C415&amp;ssl=1 624w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_02.jpg?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Someone has installed a Smart car body over a tube chassis and a big-block V8. The video below shows it going down the drag strip. Someone close to the build said this was the first go and they really haven&#8217;t dialed it in. In this video below it ran a 13.2 sec but after a few more passes it went 12.2 sec. The goal is to reach the 10&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<strong>Update<\/strong>: Added more details and video.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/rOrj677W2tE\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/0ex-nvgi4ZA\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3450\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3450\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3450\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=3450\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?fit=678%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"678,504\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;drag Smart Fortwo with V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?fit=678%2C504&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?resize=678%2C504&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01\" width=\"678\" height=\"504\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?w=678&amp;ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?resize=600%2C446&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?resize=300%2C223&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/drag_smart_fortwo_with_v8_01.jpg?resize=624%2C463&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.motorauthority.com\/news\/1091669_big-block-smart-car-defies-all-stereotypes-video\">MotorAuthority<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/bangshift.com\/general-news\/someone-built-tube-chassis-center-steer-big-block-smart-car-theres-video-running\/\">Bangshift<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Someone has installed a Smart car body over a tube chassis and a big-block V8. The video below shows it going down the drag strip. Someone close to the build said this was the first go and they really haven&#8217;t dialed it in. In this video below it ran a 13.2 sec but after a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=3449\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">V8 Powered Smart Fortwo<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[515],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fortwo"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103272,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103272","url_meta":{"origin":3449,"position":0},"title":"Smart Fortwo with a Hayabusa Motor","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 28, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Viny B purchased a 2008 Smart Fortwo with a blown inline-three motor to rebuild into a track car. 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