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Originally Posted by euromodder
A local bike mag started building a diesel bike based on a Smart diesel (0.8 L).
Dunno what became of it though.
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The bike mag and the tech school they worked with, had some serious issues with changing the drive configuration to a mid-mounted engine in the bike, driving a chain (or belt ?).
So keeping close to the original drivetrain configuration should pay off - there'll be enough other troubles
They also bought a whole car that had been in a collision so they had all the accessories to go with it.
From the pics they took, the Smart engine & drive train package is rather compact. Being a tiny displacement engine, its air and cooling requirements aren't that big either.
Smartd diesels have also been made to run on veggie oil
http://www.dieselveg.com/smart.htm