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Old 04-21-2013, 04:15 AM   #13 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Sven7 View Post
Or just say screw it and shoehorn a 200+hp STi flat four in there with a wide track and racing style wheel flares.
Well if you are going to say that, you might as well do this:

Actually, that might have some potential. Sure the gearing would be all wrong, but it is only a 1.1L, and it would make enough power to get a small car moving without having to give it much throttle. I have seen a few videos of Smart cars with GSXR 1100 swaps in them, and they generally focus on doing big smoky burnouts. But, with a car that lite, with enough power to stay at low RPMs at normal speeds, it would be interesting to see what kind of FE numbers it would generate, if it was driven by someone that could resist the urge to trash on the guy in the Porsche beside him at a stoplight that is lol

Though since GSXRs didn't come with reverse, you would either have to adapt the engine to fit some sort of transmission that would let you back up, or never park it somewhere that you couldn't push it back out of
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