# Smart Car Beats a Mustang?! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [May 27, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192 "2014-05-27T17:27:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 5:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/1 "2014-05-27T17:27:07Z")
You have to have a Facebook account to view this, but once you do, you just might stop badmouthing Smart cars. > **[Log In or Sign Up to View](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=636815466407826)** > > See posts, photos and more on Facebook. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/2 "2014-05-27T18:30:27Z")
Mustang driver was worthless, Car and Driver tested a stock GT500, did a 11.8 second quarter at 125 mph. I wonder what was in the smart? Not stock, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:39pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/3 "2014-05-27T18:39:14Z")
Remember the days when people would put a Chevy 350 in …anything ! Jeep, Beetle , Model T ? Maybe they fit one in a smart ? ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/4 "2014-05-27T18:44:14Z")
I forgot to mention, a stock smart did the quarter in a BLAZING 19.9s/68 mph… ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 7:04pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/5 "2014-05-27T19:04:42Z")
Fun video, I loved the wheelie, but clearly the smart car is not off-the-lot. If a stock smart car can do a wheelie I’ll eat my shorts. By the way, I think Smart cars are novel modern versions of the old “bubble car” of war-torn post-WWII Europe. The only problem with them is they’re way overpriced for what you get. If only they were $9000 new they’d be perfect. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/6 "2014-05-27T20:48:36Z")
The smart car is a modified version with a Toyota engine. Smart’s only really work in crowded cities. Even a Mazda2 is more useful to most of us. ---
**Author:** ![meanjoe75fan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meanjoe75fan/32/552_2.png) [@meanjoe75fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meanjoe75fan)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 8:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/7 "2014-05-27T20:52:17Z")
> Remember the days when people would put a Chevy 350 in ...anything ! Jeep, Beetle , Model T ? Maybe they fit one in a smart ? Pepole have been known to drop a 'Busa engine (either NA or turbo) in the Smart car. ---
**Author:** ![the\_same\_mountainbike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@the\_same\_mountainbike](https://community.cartalk.com/u/the_same_mountainbike)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/8 "2014-05-27T23:20:01Z")
Oly, it looks like they must have pulled the whole Toyota engine and transaxle and put it under the rear half of the Smart car. Cool. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/9 "2014-05-27T23:24:46Z")
@Ken: “Remember the days when people would put a Chevy 350 in …anything ! Jeep, Beetle , Model T ?” …or perhaps a motorcycle? [http://www.bosshoss.com/default.asp](http://www.bosshoss.com/default.asp) You would think a V-6 would be enough for any motorcycle. Unfortunately, they only come with V-8s. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 12:51am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/10 "2014-05-28T00:51:27Z")
@Whitey v8? Ha! How about the Dodge Tomahawk, which had a Viper V10? 😉 ![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Dodge_Tomahawk.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 1:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/11 "2014-05-28T01:04:09Z")
Had a friend put a 350 in am MG! Some suspension work needed! ---
**Author:** ![kmccune](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/kmccune/32/1237_2.png) [@kmccune](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kmccune)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 2:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/12 "2014-05-28T02:24:23Z")
Guys around here would stick SB Chevys in 4wd Luv trucks(seemed to work pretty well) plus the usual gamut of small block Vegas,I think an Aluminum Olds V8 made a sweet swap for several compacts,one overlooked sleeper engine was a windsor Ford V8,one of the lightest production cast iron V8s around-Kevin ---
**Author:** ![doubleclutch](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/doubleclutch/32/1281_2.png) [@doubleclutch](https://community.cartalk.com/u/doubleclutch)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/13 "2014-05-28T03:30:02Z")
Anyone here ever seen Boss Hoss motorcycles? ---
**Author:** ![insightful](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/insightful/32/2732_2.png) [@insightful](https://community.cartalk.com/u/insightful)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 3:36am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/14 "2014-05-28T03:36:55Z")
Saw one where I used to work, but never running. Wanted to hear the straight pipes. Also was a guy there who had a flathead Ford V8 in a motorcycle (much nicer fit than the 350 Chev)…sounded cool. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 5:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/15 "2014-05-28T05:23:58Z")
Saw a Boss Hoss at a car show. Overdone X 10. Just not my thing, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 5:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/16 "2014-05-28T05:30:11Z")
Somebody wanted a big block in a smart? [youtube.com/watch?v=2LPnRRvgOzQ](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LPnRRvgOzQ) ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 6:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/17 "2014-05-28T06:56:39Z")
Particularly if it’s light and cheap enough people will try to get a v8 into almost anything, the S10/Ranger V8 swap. It’s much more work but you could get most ford small blocks (with a conversion kit) into a 1st gen Ford Focus, after changing it to RWD of course. ---
**Author:** ![sgtrock21](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/sgtrock21/32/246_2.png) [@sgtrock21](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sgtrock21)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 7:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/18 "2014-05-28T07:29:13Z")
When I was a young teenager there was a huge trike displayed at the state fair. It had a 12 cylinder Allison WW2 vintage aircraft engine which was bigger than a Smart Car and probably weighed twice as much! I had a buddy with a Chevy 283 cu. in. stuffed into an Austin Healey Sprite Mk 1 (bug eye)! ---
**Author:** ![meanjoe75fan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/meanjoe75fan/32/552_2.png) [@meanjoe75fan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/meanjoe75fan)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 9:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/19 "2014-05-28T09:50:42Z")
I always thought a Ford 302 in a Miata made a nice “poor man’s Shelby.” ---
**Author:** ![MarkM](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de053/32.png) [@MarkM](https://community.cartalk.com/u/MarkM)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 11:47am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192/20 "2014-05-28T11:47:10Z")
I still wouldn’t buy one. We have a lot of Smart cars in the neighborhood. They fit in spaces no other car will fit in. With about one of those spaces per block, I can see the reason to buy one. Saves a lot of driving in circles. But it is too slow and expensive and the gas mileage is nothing special. Build a car that size that can do 0-60 in ten seconds and gets 50 MPG for $10k and I’d consider it. [Next page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/smart-car-beats-a-mustang/85192.md?page=2)