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Old 08-13-2010, 03:37 AM   #153 (permalink)
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A local bike mag started building a diesel bike based on a Smart diesel (0.8 L).
Dunno what became of it though.
Forgot to add ...

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
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