Mocal were the first proper full replacement IC pipes made for the smart in any great quantity. Due to Mocal’s great advertising (as in let’s not bother) they have been a well kept secret for over a year.
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Motorcycle Engine Smart
Pros And Cons Of A Motorcycle Powered Smart I'll get straight to the point of this page. The only upside of having a motorcycle powered smart is that you can impress people you know who have a particularly low IQ. But Dey Is Well Quick Bruh! No, no they aren't. What...
Mousejacking – Defeat The Thief
This page covers how to adapt you car so it can't be mousejacked. This page isn't going to teach you how to actually steal a smart car. MouseJacking? It's a term originally coined when people physically hacked the computer mouse and keyboard. These adapted devices...
MP3 Player Holder
Somewhere to stick your MP3 Player
Nearside & Offside
Evilution's Nearside, Offside, Left, Right? Just to clarify. Nearside and offside are set sides of the car but left and right obviously change. Nearside and offside are old English terms so may not be known elsewhere. Nearside is the passenger's side on an RHD car....
No Alignment Wheel Change
The ESP cartridge on the 450 and Roadster can be annoying and tricky when you change the wheel.
No Throttle Response
I Have No Throttle Response 99% of the time I hear this, the alternator has just been changed and people are convinced they screwed something up during the fitting. Well, you did, we'll come back around to that in a bit. I Haven't Changed The Alternator Try cleaning...
Noisy Headlight Motors
It is becoming more and more common now that 450 headlight motors are playing up and making a continuous noise, annoying.
Number Plate Lights 451
The new smart fortwo has better licence plate bulb holders, these don’t break as soon as you touch them like on the previous model. Here is how to remove them to change the bulb.
OBD Upgrade
OBDII may be a standard but manufacturers were given a long leash which came to protocols and the manufacturer specific pins. I will tell you more and tell you my idea.
OBDII Error Codes
To help locate problems, the On Board Diagnostic port can allow access to fault codes stored in the ECU. Each code can point towards a problem that the car believes to be a fault.
Official Roadster Leak Guide
Smart admit that the leaks occur on the Roadster, they even have an official document for fixing the leaks. I am glad to say that there is no copyright information on these documents so there seems to be nothing to stop me posting it here.
Oil Adapter Fitting
The standard oil filter doesn't have anti drain back or a bypass valve, adding an adapter like this allows you to use better quality, cheaper and easy to obtain canister filters.
Oil Catch Tank
Catches and condenses the burnt oil vapour from the crank case instead of pumping it into the engine.
Oil Coolers
Oil cooling is standard in the Roadster so it is a good idea if you have a modified fortwo to consider a form of oil cooler.
Oil Filter Adapter
The Smart original oil filter is rubbish, what can you do about it?
Oil Filter Magnets
As soon as you mention magnets and cars, people think about fuel magnets and stop listening but this has nothing to do with fuel and is a cheap but valid mod that was missed out during manufacture.
Oil Specifications
There seems to be confusion over which oil can be used in the smart, luckily it happens to be very simple and covers all of the smart models.
Oil Sump Pan Change
The sump pan is in a very exposed area so they are prone to damage and rust
Oil Sump Pan Testing
For many years, we (smartmods.co.uk) sold an oil sump with a drain plug for the 450 and Roadster. We bought them from a German manufacturer and they were excellent quality. The drain plug design was unique and allowed all of the oil to be drained from the sump. I'll...