The great part of driving a Mini is being so small you can use all the lane like a race track, hitting apex’s and shortening the corners is a blast!! Great build
Agreed! Back in the 80s I had a Fiat X1/9. Slow on the straights but you couldn’t catch me in the curves! A single lane feels like 2 in these small cars.
I was a Mini guy back in the day and for over 40years. I had them all. I ended with a Turbo Mini 850 with a fiully worked, ported and heavily modified racing street sleeper with about as much power as this thing. I even had the same Webasto Sunroof! But I think this is waaaay better. That Honda engine would have been blasphemy back in the day. But this has made it really fun again. Hats off to the creator designer and engineers that built it....and thanks AUTOPIA for throwing this up on InnerTube.
@@Deadpool__1 LOL> Hard to imagine there was life before you right? I left out the part about the engine being a 1330 Cooper S engine that revved to 9Krpm and was turbo'd, NOS and meth fed. Still looked like a standard black 1961 Mini 850 Deluxe, but was completely modified in every way underneath. I was getting 200BHP at the wheels in those days.
@@doraexplora9046 What do you mean life before me ? I'm 57 and I have a cooper 1293 built by Keith Calver, which makes 93 bhp. Swiftune nor Med mini have never got close the figures your'e quoting. Engines with the BMW k1200 head 16v only make 160 bhp. Think you've had to much Meth not the mini lol 🤣
@@Deadpool__1 I double down. I built a 1150cc Minimatic which was heavily modified with a Graham Russel head, and flowed right through the entire induction through to exhaust and IT made 115wBHP. We must be talking different horses because 93BHP dyno is VERY average, if not poor. Is it 1293 with bog pistons, std internals etc. Then I might believe. The only thing Swiftune impressed me with was their stroked motors. 1430CC was mad big. So big they had to shave the g'box. Now that's big! But otherwise they specialised i production line motors for the most part. I think the S came out with about 85BHP (claimed) which was more like 55BHP and at the wheel more like 40wBHP. So getting it to 93wBHP is still pretty good. But you can do that with COTS parts (commercial Of The Shelf).
You have to love a Mini, even with a Honda engine in it. Original 850cc Mini in 1959 made 34bhp .. lol In 1964 when Paddy Hopkirk won the Monte Carlo Rally, he had 76bhp! ( Beat the Falcon Sprint on index of performance. )
I hated my Cooper S, my knuckles are only just recovering from working on it 40 years ago. Now a 998cc Hillman Imp is real fun and still beats even the 1275 S on classic events
@@landenbely78 You are right. 7th and 8th gen civic type r standard had 200 hp out of a 2 litre in europe. But i think the US only got the SI. They dont know any better :)
Shawn & Sep, thank you, THANK YOU - both of you...! Shawn, you were so brave with this one in more ways than one...!! ‘Just guessing, but I don’t think even YOU realised JUST how much you were taking your life in your hands (again!) - until it was too late....?! I’m just amazed you didn’t see red(!) sooner... All the best from the home of the Mini (& my BMiniW Isetta!) here in UK - Jeff
Go-kart-esque cars are my favorite. Lotus Elises from the 2005-ish era fit that criteria as well. Edit: Bang for the buck, and you don't need to be going insane speeds to feel the rush.
Australia 1982 my pop gifted me there 1963 Mini 850cc 33hp ,floor starter slide windows on 10 inch wheels ,THANKYOU for uploading this very very special video ,it means alot to see this, as this is what i wanted to do till i drove a Falcon ute with a 289 a cammed 289 with a 4 speed and 9 inch out back ,after that experience the lil mini got put to the back yard ,time to do what i wanted to do so many years ago ,youve inspired me my friend
"Add lightness" - said Colin Chapman. You get improved acceleration, improved handling AND improved breaking. Simply adding HP can't do all that. My 2006 Mini Cooper S (gen. 1 "new" Mini) is not NEARLY as tiny as this car. Put an original Mini beside my "new" Mini and my car looks huge! (Yet, next to "BMW Minis" my car looks tiny!) I built my car to 210 HP. It weighs 2600 lbs. I can only IMAGINE how much fun this old-timer must be with it's much better power-to-weight ratio. Awesome car Sep. Well done!
Very true - but if you could put that first 'new' Mini (R50) next to the current Mini Countryman (F55?)... It's not just far bigger again, in every dimension, than the 2001 variety - it's taller, wider and heavier than even my Subaru Outback! 🤯
Anyone who's British and over 45 has probably had an original' Mini at some point in their life. My first two cars were tuned Minis and I think they literally saved my life with their amazing handling as a lunatic new 17 year old driver back in the late 80s. Mine were constantly trying to turn back into iron oxide but you have the climate there to stop that. Lovely car.
My 1st car was a Mini Cooper I bought at 23, I loved that car. Very easy to modify and the handling is superb because they sit so low to the ground. If put together well, they can give as good as they get!
I had a 61 Mini that was modded like that but with a 1275 Austin motor with twin SU carbs. Every road became a racetrack. You get accustomed to the size and it doesn't feel that small until you park it next to something else. The trunk lid hinges down and the license plate hangs down so you can drive with big packages. It also fits in parking spaces that others can fit which is great in a city. This car layout of transverse FWD became the standard for small cars later. All hail Sir Alec Issigonis!
I had a '67 Mini Cooper S 1275, new off the showroom floor in '68. A car without equal for grin factor, 110 hp of pure joy. You could drive flat out without risking prison. I wish I had one today...
The1275 Cooper S was rated at 75bhp (SAE) and when installed that fell to around 65bhp. To get 110bhp back in the day would mean tuning it to race spec with split Webers and the like that would be undriveable on the road. My mate and I used to take it in turns Road Rallying, him driving and me navigating in his 1293 Mini that gave an honest 90bhp and vice versa in my Hillman Imp 875/998cc. Without doubt my Imp was quicker as the results showed.
This Vid Makes me want my first car back now (1974 Leyland Mini 1275cc with Cooper S running gear,) but now I'd retromod it with a GR Yaris motor and running gear. Ooooof🎉❤
Love it when this channel steps away from the muscle cars. It’s always something differnet and interesting👌🏻👌🏻 Even with their tiny 850cc engine minis are truely fantastic fun to drive
Irish bloke here. Wanted a Mini when I was a kid. Grew up to be 6'4". Drove a classic Mini 20 miles once. It nearly crippled me. End of the desire to own one. Oh. The stock Mini shown, 621 AOK is the earliest surviving Mini. 1959. I once passed it driving on the Motorway (Freeway) in the UK, about 25 years ago.
OMG MY DREAM CAR. Had so many Minis over the years but that one is the absolute nuts. I smiled and laughed every minute of that video. I love it, I love it, I love it...
That's a great little car! I remember the original Cooper S a friend had in the 70's. One BIG Weber on the front of a 1275cc engine, it was so much fun!
Why, Sir...I do believe you've soiled your armour! 😂 I'm building a 1600/510 Datsun running SR20 VCT, non-turbo. This kind of content makes me smile...as does the look of fear on the face of someone accustomed to much larger cars 😁
I am a fan of the proto racing scene. Minis are and always will be a car that's fun. Remember the zeemann body kits. And mini convertibles those where the coolest car back then.
Love the mini, so cool. I had a 74 Celica with a header, 2" exhaust, offset rims and a 4 speed. It ripped for that time in the early 80's. Then in the 90's I had a 95 Escort GT. Both these cars were so much fun to drive. Nice that you guys showed this car. Nice change to all the mega horse power rides you have shown us all. Thanks Sean to you and the crew.
That VTEC crossover sounds so nice!! And Pops loud!! Love it. This is the 2nd Mini Ive seen with a B16 swap. First is Moogs from "Mighty Car Mods". Bought awesome builds!!
Street legal go kart. I owned a 81 VW Rabbit with about 130hp and it was so much fun to drive. This thing would be a perfect car for everyday enjoyment.
If you watch any of the Goodwood classic races on TH-cam, you often see a nip and tuck race between a six litre Ford Falcon and a 998cc mini, snapping at its heels. The Falcon pulls away on the straights and the mini catches up through the bends, its amazing racing to watch. This years racing is actually taking place this weekend so there will be lost of classic racing to watch live.
That brings back many memories of my youth - very sweet ride! It may have been registered, or re-shelled in '70, but it's the series 1 body, they changed in 67/68 to the series 2 with the square tail-lights and different front grill. We had an early series 2 in the late sixties/early seventies, and a later Series 3 (RIP), with the wind-up windows, after that - it also had a bigger fuel tank, which may be an option for the owner if it's not running the Cooper/S dual tanks. i would STRONGLY recommend the owner to give some serious contemplation to having a full front cage - the "crumple zone" is basically the passenger compartment, as there is VERY(!) little strength in the front pillars under impacts.
My mum has owned x 6 Classic mini's. I had an R53 JCW With 300bhp Supercharged tuned at 1320 St Neots UK. Mini torque Forum UK. Mini R53 Project 007, was the fastest mini in the UK on a standard m45 Eaton supercharger 17 percent pulley catcams, 550c injectors Big Valve head just under 300bhp 166mph top speed from a 1.6 tritec engine. ive been in a b16a2 engine swap classic mini, but a k20 would be savage.
Love it love it love it! Yep, had one in a similar colour and body scheme with a swapped out 1330 engine. White 8 spoke steel 10 inch wheels with 165/70 tires. The engine was originally 1275cc, as in classic Mini Coopers. I bought it from a friend, who bought it from someone else ........ My friend was running a double glazing business and never had time to drive the little beast. So £500 changed hands and I used it till I broke it! Seems the radiator was never upgraded, so it was "in" the left hand wheel arch, which was fine for 35bhp. So the big-ish engine, with it's big carb, limped home with a hole in number 2 piston. Cosworth pistons I found out next weekend when I stripped the cylinder head off to find a holy hole Batman! The pistons were so expensive I allowed the garage dude that built the motor to keep it and we replaced it with a stock Mini 1000. We put the big carb on the replacement engine and it was still kind of fun to drive, but just didn't give that wheelspin in 3rd gear I was used to. 😢😁😎👍
Hey Shawn, Awesome Just Freaking Awesome. That Mini is a Happy Car because it makes everyone smile. And when you get to see the modifications it just gets your wheels turning. Funny thing is you can hold a conversation without the exhaust drowning you out. I bet you could put a 150hp bottle on that and get about 225hp. Without it doing anything to the internals. Actually I’m jealous of that Fun Machine. I bet if I put a FHP Trooper in there they would just crack up with smiles. Awesome Video Great Build Thanks for Making My Day!!!
Love Classic Mini’s, I’ve driven a bunch and I’m a big dude, so much fun to drive. This is one of their first builds now they have K20/24 versions, J-Series V6 rear engine versions man there’s so many options with these things!
Growing up, in my 15 to 16 year range we lived in Las Palmas of the Canary Islands. My father had a Mini Cooper S with the 1275 engine. That thing was a blast.
I used to have a standard 1.3 mini with 13 inch wheels when I was in my 20s. 52 now. It was great because you could drive it like you were racing without losing your license
Got me a 1974 clubman 1 owner(family) and 100% original...including asthmatic engine. the struggle is real...modify or keep OG....TY great video. Too many options :)
Love it, more content like this please! The high hp half million dollar cars are cool as f**k, but for the normal person, they are unobtainable! A realistic backyard performance build such as this in my humble opinion is way way cooler! Peace.
Memories of my '86 CRX Si, similar size, earlier version of the same engine. Downshifting 5th to 4th to become airborne again, chasing a Jag XKE. Had it in Atlanta, Thousand Oaks CA, Colorado Springs (where you got this fine Mini).
That is beautiful Grew up driving these little go karts and they are absolutely awesome little cars Even with a 1275 cc engine with 90bhp they are mega fun
These are the REAL minis! Older dude a few blocks away had a couple. THought they were the coolest lil cars ever life sized go cart Cool build I bet this is a blast to drive anywhere! Just stay away from soccer moms in thier2-3 ton suvs.
Back in the early to mid eighties a good friend built a Minu to compete in auto X and Solo 1. It too had 13x7 wheels in it. The owner was 6’6” tall and I’m 6’4” tall. One time we drove up to tech insp for an event and when we got out the people there were shocked into silence. I guess they didn’t think two guys our size would fit 😀 That was such a fun fast little car. Narrow courses felt very wide in a Mini
What a fantastic little mini. Love that B16 sound. It looks really clean, and fun as hell. Awesome job whoever made this thing a reality. I wonder what a K20 would do in this?
Always had a soft spot for mini's and my son love's them so much we ended up buying a mark 4 with an mg metro 1275 engine.I personally ported the head with bigger valves has 7x13 rims too,project nearly finishedl can't wait to give it a good spin.Your mini wth a type R engine is absolutly stunnig,briliant👍👍👍😉
There is a k20 mini MK1 that fly's round the Oxford bypass ring road UK. It's Proper proper mental, you can hear him from miles away must be straight pipe, We sometimes see him when out on our bike rides it gives you goosebumps, it sounds like a really car.
Great seeing a big displacement guy realise how much fun a VTec is especially in a lightweight vehicle. You just got to learn to keep it in the high revs to get that VTEC. If you watch mini racing in the UK they are so much fun to watch and give for bigger cars so much grief cuz they handle so brilliantly
What a cool combo. I can imagine it makes just enough power. I really like the b-series engines. They are a blast, and reliable. I really want to do a grown man's ek sedan build with a nice, stout B18C. IBc's, nice suspension set up...
I saw a classic Mini with a Honda engine back in 2002, 2004 at Knockhill Racecourse. That car was a little rocket that captured the attention of everyone who was there.🤙🏼🙂🤙🏼❤️
As soon as he hits vtec he switches gears... Definitely never owned a Vtec honda/acura. You live in Vtec when you want to have the fun and really enjoy the car. it's like a completely different car in Vtec and out of it. Absolutely sick ride! Make me want my integra back!
One of my mates mates who used to blow everyone in the twisties in his modern tuned mini cooper s, tried to stay behind my built evo 9 in a canyon. I taught him a life lesson he'll never forget. I did let him catch up after i stopped to clean the wind screen 😉
I saw some Videos,in the UK a Comapny Build these Old Minis with a Hayabusa Racebike Kit, but anyway, thats a Super Cool Ride.I own a 2006 Mini Cooper Works with 211HP and Compressor, so i can a little Imagine how the Fun Factor is with these...Enjoy
You NEED a roll cage and seats and harnesses in that!!! I have seen a few in some bad incidents. Growing up around them i have sen a few crashes in Minis
It’s more fun driving a slow car fast than a very fast car slow and be frustrated. This proves the theory. Oh and please no Turbo’s, why would anyone even think it, lol. Sweet ride👌🏿
Not a Type R engine if from a Civic Si, Type R is B16B an Si is B16A2 and there is a 20hp difference between them not to mention a taller block, longer rods and different cam profile. Forgot to say MCM's Moog has a Mini with an actual JDM Civic Type R motor in it, happens to be a JDM Mini too.
This thing looks like an absolute pleasure and a rush, every time you drive it. What monstrous value for the costs. Edit: It's genuinely beautiful too, nicely done.
10:38 love the printed labels on the carbon fiber dash 😆 This car is a beauty. I checked out the superfast minis website. They only have one for sale currently.
I don't ask why people pick certain vehicles . I get it . This is no where close to anything I would pick but then I also think this is cool as all hell!!
I get a good chunk of the people that watch this channel are V8 only type of people and i love american V8s just as much as y'all but honda motors are insanely capable. These honda motors are the LS swaps of 4 Cylinders. They make decent power too for how small they are.
This Mini Cooper proves that you don't need high horsepower to have fun!! It's all about power to weight ratio!
110%. As well as the ability to pull some g's in the corners. 60mph feels like 150.
Yes!
Miata will also show you that
To much hp aint fun on the street to me anyway.
When a machine hits every mark perfectly....I can't care if it's only got 200 HP , it's in the execution.... chef's kiss
The great part of driving a Mini is being so small you can use all the lane like a race track, hitting apex’s and shortening the corners is a blast!! Great build
Agreed! Back in the 80s I had a Fiat X1/9. Slow on the straights but you couldn’t catch me in the curves! A single lane feels like 2 in these small cars.
Also, you can drive the absolute SHIT out of it and you won't spend much money on consumables at all lol.
I was a Mini guy back in the day and for over 40years. I had them all. I ended with a Turbo Mini 850 with a fiully worked, ported and heavily modified racing street sleeper with about as much power as this thing. I even had the same Webasto Sunroof! But I think this is waaaay better. That Honda engine would have been blasphemy back in the day. But this has made it really fun again. Hats off to the creator designer and engineers that built it....and thanks AUTOPIA for throwing this up on InnerTube.
No chance
@@Deadpool__1 LOL> Hard to imagine there was life before you right? I left out the part about the engine being a 1330 Cooper S engine that revved to 9Krpm and was turbo'd, NOS and meth fed. Still looked like a standard black 1961 Mini 850 Deluxe, but was completely modified in every way underneath. I was getting 200BHP at the wheels in those days.
@@doraexplora9046 What do you mean life before me ? I'm 57 and I have a cooper 1293 built by Keith Calver, which makes 93 bhp. Swiftune nor Med mini have never got close the figures your'e quoting. Engines with the BMW k1200 head 16v only make 160 bhp. Think you've had to much Meth not the mini lol 🤣
@@Deadpool__1 I double down. I built a 1150cc Minimatic which was heavily modified with a Graham Russel head, and flowed right through the entire induction through to exhaust and IT made 115wBHP. We must be talking different horses because 93BHP dyno is VERY average, if not poor. Is it 1293 with bog pistons, std internals etc. Then I might believe. The only thing Swiftune impressed me with was their stroked motors. 1430CC was mad big. So big they had to shave the g'box. Now that's big! But otherwise they specialised i production line motors for the most part. I think the S came out with about 85BHP (claimed) which was more like 55BHP and at the wheel more like 40wBHP. So getting it to 93wBHP is still pretty good. But you can do that with COTS parts (commercial Of The Shelf).
th-cam.com/video/7hCPODjJO7s/w-d-xo.html
You have to love a Mini, even with a Honda engine in it.
Original 850cc Mini in 1959 made 34bhp .. lol
In 1964 when Paddy Hopkirk won the Monte Carlo Rally, he had 76bhp! ( Beat the Falcon Sprint on index of performance. )
Power to weight ratio for the win!!
ESPECIALLY with a 200hp Honda engine in it.
I hated my Cooper S, my knuckles are only just recovering from working on it 40 years ago. Now a 998cc Hillman Imp is real fun and still beats even the 1275 S on classic events
That is Strange what is it a typer or a si engine make up your mind. There not the some thing.😅
@@landenbely78
You are right. 7th and 8th gen civic type r standard had 200 hp out of a 2 litre in europe.
But i think the US only got the SI.
They dont know any better :)
Shawn & Sep, thank you, THANK YOU - both of you...!
Shawn, you were so brave with this one in more ways than one...!!
‘Just guessing, but I don’t think even YOU realised JUST how much you were taking your life in your hands (again!) - until it was too late....?!
I’m just amazed you didn’t see red(!) sooner...
All the best from the home of the Mini (& my BMiniW Isetta!) here in UK - Jeff
Minis 'are' gokarts, they did well in rallying during the 60's, this Brit approves of this fun build. Fun is where it's at. 🙂
Go-kart-esque cars are my favorite. Lotus Elises from the 2005-ish era fit that criteria as well.
Edit: Bang for the buck, and you don't need to be going insane speeds to feel the rush.
They also won Bathurst race in the early 60s
They were nicknamed the flying brick
In Aus 🇦🇺
@@TheTruckdriver999 BMW Minis are noewhere close in spirit.
@@timothydraper3687 Got that right!
@@TheTruckdriver999 first 9 places in 1966 were minis. Winning car driven by Bob Holden
Australia 1982 my pop gifted me there 1963 Mini 850cc 33hp ,floor starter slide windows on 10 inch wheels ,THANKYOU for uploading this very very special video ,it means alot to see this, as this is what i wanted to do till i drove a Falcon ute with a 289 a cammed 289 with a 4 speed and 9 inch out back ,after that experience the lil mini got put to the back yard ,time to do what i wanted to do so many years ago ,youve inspired me my friend
Right on Pete!! God bless you, go get started!!! We only limit ourselves!!
Mini was my first car. What a hoot to drive. If I was picking a car to buy a Mini with a Honda upgrade. TBH the Civic was a hoot to drive as well.
"Add lightness" - said Colin Chapman. You get improved acceleration, improved handling AND improved breaking. Simply adding HP can't do all that.
My 2006 Mini Cooper S (gen. 1 "new" Mini) is not NEARLY as tiny as this car. Put an original Mini beside my "new" Mini and my car looks huge! (Yet, next to "BMW Minis" my car looks tiny!)
I built my car to 210 HP. It weighs 2600 lbs. I can only IMAGINE how much fun this old-timer must be with it's much better power-to-weight ratio.
Awesome car Sep. Well done!
Very true - but if you could put that first 'new' Mini (R50) next to the current Mini Countryman (F55?)... It's not just far bigger again, in every dimension, than the 2001 variety - it's taller, wider and heavier than even my Subaru Outback! 🤯
I cannot get enough of the sound of that engine and exhaust! Smiles per hour!!! Thanks
Doesn't matter what car you put a B series in, it's always going to sound like a Honda. I LOVE IT ❤️ 😍 💖 ❣️
Lol well it is a honda motor...
It doesn't matter... cool is cool!
That thing is definitely cool.
Anyone who's British and over 45 has probably had an original' Mini at some point in their life. My first two cars were tuned Minis and I think they literally saved my life with their amazing handling as a lunatic new 17 year old driver back in the late 80s. Mine were constantly trying to turn back into iron oxide but you have the climate there to stop that. Lovely car.
Power to weight ratio does not discriminate 🤙🏼✔️
Takes me back to ripping through the backroads in my Datsun 510. Nothing like a light car with 180 HP and grippy tires
I LOVE the styling of the older Mini's, and this one is just off the charts in both appearance and performance. SO NICE!
My 1st car was a Mini Cooper I bought at 23, I loved that car. Very easy to modify and the handling is superb because they sit so low to the ground. If put together well, they can give as good as they get!
After watching Italian job years ago. Mini cooper became a dream car to have fully custom. ❤
Hell yeah 👌🏼
I had a 61 Mini that was modded like that but with a 1275 Austin motor with twin SU carbs. Every road became a racetrack. You get accustomed to the size and it doesn't feel that small until you park it next to something else. The trunk lid hinges down and the license plate hangs down so you can drive with big packages. It also fits in parking spaces that others can fit which is great in a city. This car layout of transverse FWD became the standard for small cars later. All hail Sir Alec Issigonis!
Something different, i like it
Every Mini I've driven has been a blast. Even the base models, it's like rolling around in a four-seater go-kart, so fun.
Perfectly built Mini's heart transplant ! 😀
Minis like this always puts a smile on ur face. Nice job.
i want OOOONE!!! haha...best proyect, congratulations, thnks for video.
I had a '67 Mini Cooper S 1275, new off the showroom floor in '68. A car without equal for grin factor, 110 hp of pure joy. You could drive flat out without risking prison. I wish I had one today...
The1275 Cooper S was rated at 75bhp (SAE) and when installed that fell to around 65bhp. To get 110bhp back in the day would mean tuning it to race spec with split Webers and the like that would be undriveable on the road. My mate and I used to take it in turns Road Rallying, him driving and me navigating in his 1293 Mini that gave an honest 90bhp and vice versa in my Hillman Imp 875/998cc. Without doubt my Imp was quicker as the results showed.
They are still available Brother. "We only limit ourselves". Go get one and start building!!😊
@@jasonmacneil2256 Sadist!
This Vid Makes me want my first car back now (1974 Leyland Mini 1275cc with Cooper S running gear,) but now I'd retromod it with a GR Yaris motor and running gear. Ooooof🎉❤
I had one of these minitec mini’s years ago. Man does this bring back fond memories.
One of the funnest drives I’ve ever experienced.
"Baby not gonna be safe ... " - LOL, my daily with 3 kids to school for years: 1994 Mini Cooper.
💥Just another sucker falling for his wife's bulshit💥
Love it when this channel steps away from the muscle cars. It’s always something differnet and interesting👌🏻👌🏻
Even with their tiny 850cc engine minis are truely fantastic fun to drive
Irish bloke here. Wanted a Mini when I was a kid. Grew up to be 6'4". Drove a classic Mini 20 miles once. It nearly crippled me. End of the desire to own one.
Oh. The stock Mini shown, 621 AOK is the earliest surviving Mini. 1959. I once passed it driving on the Motorway (Freeway) in the UK, about 25 years ago.
OMG MY DREAM CAR. Had so many Minis over the years but that one is the absolute nuts. I smiled and laughed every minute of that video. I love it, I love it, I love it...
Punching well above its weight 😎
That's a great little car! I remember the original Cooper S a friend had in the 70's. One BIG Weber on the front of a 1275cc engine, it was so much fun!
Why, Sir...I do believe you've soiled your armour! 😂 I'm building a 1600/510 Datsun running SR20 VCT, non-turbo. This kind of content makes me smile...as does the look of fear on the face of someone accustomed to much larger cars 😁
I am a fan of the proto racing scene. Minis are and always will be a car that's fun. Remember the zeemann body kits. And mini convertibles those where the coolest car back then.
WTF!! Wow….totally IMPRESSIVE 🤘🏼
Love the mini, so cool. I had a 74 Celica with a header, 2" exhaust, offset rims and a 4 speed. It ripped for that time in the early 80's. Then in the 90's I had a 95 Escort GT. Both these cars were so much fun to drive. Nice that you guys showed this car. Nice change to all the mega horse power rides you have shown us all. Thanks Sean to you and the crew.
I grew up in the muscle car days I’m 71 & I remember minis racing at our small town airport they were so cool , I would ride that with pride ! ! !
That VTEC crossover sounds so nice!! And Pops loud!! Love it. This is the 2nd Mini Ive seen with a B16 swap. First is Moogs from "Mighty Car Mods". Bought awesome builds!!
Street legal go kart. I owned a 81 VW Rabbit with about 130hp and it was so much fun to drive. This thing would be a perfect car for everyday enjoyment.
Mighty Car Mods did this years ago. Epic to see it being done still
and cleaner... no fiberglass
If you watch any of the Goodwood classic races on TH-cam, you often see a nip and tuck race between a six litre Ford Falcon and a 998cc mini, snapping at its heels. The Falcon pulls away on the straights and the mini catches up through the bends, its amazing racing to watch. This years racing is actually taking place this weekend so there will be lost of classic racing to watch live.
That brings back many memories of my youth - very sweet ride!
It may have been registered, or re-shelled in '70, but it's the series 1 body, they changed in 67/68 to the series 2 with the square tail-lights and different front grill.
We had an early series 2 in the late sixties/early seventies, and a later Series 3 (RIP), with the wind-up windows, after that - it also had a bigger fuel tank, which may be an option for the owner if it's not running the Cooper/S dual tanks.
i would STRONGLY recommend the owner to give some serious contemplation to having a full front cage - the "crumple zone" is basically the passenger compartment, as there is VERY(!) little strength in the front pillars under impacts.
My mum has owned x 6 Classic mini's.
I had an R53 JCW With 300bhp Supercharged tuned at 1320 St Neots UK.
Mini torque Forum UK.
Mini R53 Project 007, was the fastest mini in the UK on a standard m45 Eaton supercharger 17 percent pulley catcams, 550c injectors Big Valve head just under 300bhp 166mph top speed from a 1.6 tritec engine.
ive been in a b16a2 engine swap classic mini, but a k20 would be savage.
Love it love it love it!
Yep, had one in a similar colour and body scheme with a swapped out 1330 engine. White 8 spoke steel 10 inch wheels with 165/70 tires. The engine was originally 1275cc, as in classic Mini Coopers. I bought it from a friend, who bought it from someone else ........ My friend was running a double glazing business and never had time to drive the little beast. So £500 changed hands and I used it till I broke it! Seems the radiator was never upgraded, so it was "in" the left hand wheel arch, which was fine for 35bhp. So the big-ish engine, with it's big carb, limped home with a hole in number 2 piston. Cosworth pistons I found out next weekend when I stripped the cylinder head off to find a holy hole Batman!
The pistons were so expensive I allowed the garage dude that built the motor to keep it and we replaced it with a stock Mini 1000. We put the big carb on the replacement engine and it was still kind of fun to drive, but just didn't give that wheelspin in 3rd gear I was used to. 😢😁😎👍
Don't have much experience around honda vtec engines, but DAMN I never heard a FOUR CYLINDER SOUND this GOOD!!
ck out some late 50s early 60s bristol ace. Great sounding 4 bangers
I wish they revved it out more. This B16 could go well above 8500 rpm
Hey Shawn, Awesome Just Freaking Awesome. That Mini is a Happy Car because it makes everyone smile. And when you get to see the modifications it just gets your wheels turning. Funny thing is you can hold a conversation without the exhaust drowning you out. I bet you could put a 150hp bottle on that and get about 225hp. Without it doing anything to the internals. Actually I’m jealous of that Fun Machine. I bet if I put a FHP Trooper in there they would just crack up with smiles. Awesome Video Great Build Thanks for Making My Day!!!
Love Classic Mini’s, I’ve driven a bunch and I’m a big dude, so much fun to drive. This is one of their first builds now they have K20/24 versions, J-Series V6 rear engine versions man there’s so many options with these things!
Growing up, in my 15 to 16 year range we lived in Las Palmas of the Canary Islands. My father had a Mini Cooper S with the 1275 engine. That thing was a blast.
I used to have a standard 1.3 mini with 13 inch wheels when I was in my 20s. 52 now. It was great because you could drive it like you were racing without losing your license
Got me a 1974 clubman 1 owner(family) and 100% original...including asthmatic engine. the struggle is real...modify or keep OG....TY great video. Too many options :)
Love it, more content like this please! The high hp half million dollar cars are cool as f**k, but for the normal person, they are unobtainable! A realistic backyard performance build such as this in my humble opinion is way way cooler! Peace.
Memories of my '86 CRX Si, similar size, earlier version of the same engine. Downshifting 5th to 4th to become airborne again, chasing a Jag XKE. Had it in Atlanta, Thousand Oaks CA, Colorado Springs (where you got this fine Mini).
Absolutely love it! Mini: big tick, vtec: big tick; mini with vtec: MASSIVE tick!
But why did you keep slowing down for the corners? 😂😂
That is beautiful
Grew up driving these little go karts and they are absolutely awesome little cars
Even with a 1275 cc engine with 90bhp they are mega fun
These are the REAL minis! Older dude a few blocks away had a couple.
THought they were the coolest lil cars ever life sized go cart
Cool build I bet this is a blast to drive anywhere! Just stay away from soccer moms in thier2-3 ton suvs.
I love Minis with engine swaps, powerful engine little car is always one of my favourite combos, especially as a Brit.
I really appreciate the diversity of the content. Great change of pace. Please keep throwing these odd balls every once in a while. Great job. 👏
Back in the early to mid eighties a good friend built a Minu to compete in auto X and Solo 1. It too had 13x7 wheels in it. The owner was 6’6” tall and I’m 6’4” tall. One time we drove up to tech insp for an event and when we got out the people there were shocked into silence. I guess they didn’t think two guys our size would fit 😀
That was such a fun fast little car. Narrow courses felt very wide in a Mini
My first ever car was a 70s Mini with the 1100, that machine must be such a blast to carve through the twisties
I love everything about this car, it sounds amazing that engine looks so good. I bet it’s such a perfect backroad ripper.
What a fantastic little mini. Love that B16 sound. It looks really clean, and fun as hell. Awesome job whoever made this thing a reality. I wonder what a K20 would do in this?
Always had a soft spot for mini's and my son love's them so much we ended up buying a mark 4 with an mg metro 1275 engine.I personally ported the head with bigger valves has 7x13 rims too,project nearly finishedl can't wait to give it a good spin.Your mini wth a type R engine is absolutly stunnig,briliant👍👍👍😉
Had an early Cooper back in the day- they handle like a go-kart, so this must be a hairy little ride! Love it!
Driving is about having FUN, whether on human HP or 4k HP. If you smile you are in the fun zone. Its the reason we love our cars, new or old.
There is a k20 mini MK1 that fly's round the Oxford bypass ring road UK. It's Proper proper mental, you can hear him from miles away must be straight pipe, We sometimes see him when out on our bike rides it gives you goosebumps, it sounds like a really car.
*REALLY CAR*
SPEECH 1OO
Great seeing a big displacement guy realise how much fun a VTec is especially in a lightweight vehicle. You just got to learn to keep it in the high revs to get that VTEC. If you watch mini racing in the UK they are so much fun to watch and give for bigger cars so much grief cuz they handle so brilliantly
What a cool combo. I can imagine it makes just enough power. I really like the b-series engines. They are a blast, and reliable. I really want to do a grown man's ek sedan build with a nice, stout B18C. IBc's, nice suspension set up...
It’s not about the Horsepower, it’s about that sub-two inch ride height with oval exhaust! Sweet ride 😺 Cheers 🍻
I saw a classic Mini with a Honda engine back in 2002, 2004 at Knockhill Racecourse.
That car was a little rocket that captured the attention of everyone who was there.🤙🏼🙂🤙🏼❤️
I would have moved before selling a car I put ten years of love into to build, but you couldn't pay me to live in California as it is now.
Once watched a rear engined Cosworth powered Mini round Goodwood, unbelievable.
This is sooo cool! Between Minis and VW bugs there is no telling how mush fun was had throughout the years.
That is an angry little bee, the v-tec comes in like a switch. Awesome.
As soon as he hits vtec he switches gears... Definitely never owned a Vtec honda/acura. You live in Vtec when you want to have the fun and really enjoy the car. it's like a completely different car in Vtec and out of it. Absolutely sick ride! Make me want my integra back!
Love this mini and to know that it is so small and fits 4 persons its amazing
Sep Rep'ing MiniLife.37 with the shirt! Woohoo! Love the Mini. I drive my '72 all the time. And I fit at 6'2".
One of my mates mates who used to blow everyone in the twisties in his modern tuned mini cooper s, tried to stay behind my built evo 9 in a canyon. I taught him a life lesson he'll never forget. I did let him catch up after i stopped to clean the wind screen 😉
Awesome little pocket rocket😁👍👍🤙
See, bigger isnt always better. Im six four and needed the window open to drive it for my elbow room. It was the wifes car. Love them.
Back in the early 70’s used to watch the Mini’s scare the corvettes and corbas at the parking lot slaloms. Small and quick in the corners
I saw some Videos,in the UK a Comapny Build these Old Minis with a Hayabusa Racebike Kit, but anyway, thats a Super Cool Ride.I own a 2006 Mini Cooper Works with 211HP and Compressor, so i can a little Imagine how the Fun Factor is with these...Enjoy
Mini Cooper is such a classic msarvelous car..Great & skilled mechanics.Fast & Furious.pure sdrenalin.
What little monster!!! Thanks AutoTopia LA!!! You’ve managed to find another interesting gem
Shawn....Dood, Lovin the new exciting builds your getting some bangers going now man👌🔥🙏🇨🇦
That thing sounds fantastic. If I owned that, no matter how bad my day was, it would be all I needed ❤
Smiles per mile at the limit on this one!
Super cool build, and a rip in the canyons to boot eh...nice.
You NEED a roll cage and seats and harnesses in that!!!
I have seen a few in some bad incidents. Growing up around them i have sen a few crashes in Minis
It’s more fun driving a slow car fast than a very fast car slow and be frustrated. This proves the theory. Oh and please no Turbo’s, why would anyone even think it, lol. Sweet ride👌🏿
I dont think that thing was slow, them new bmws's need all 5-600 of horses because how heavy they are
CGT, F40, M5, 356 ... Mini... perfect Sat morning.
Come on, my 1275 GT Clubman had 54 horsepowers and only 645 kilo's. But these VTEC or Hayabusa Mini's are real pocket beasts. Nice great Mini👍
Not a Type R engine if from a Civic Si, Type R is B16B an Si is B16A2 and there is a 20hp difference between them not to mention a taller block, longer rods and different cam profile. Forgot to say MCM's Moog has a Mini with an actual JDM Civic Type R motor in it, happens to be a JDM Mini too.
Serious engineering and labor went into that wow thats a neat neat little ripper. Very unique head tuner for sure
i've seen sep build some incredible cars but this one is my absolute favorite!
This thing looks like an absolute pleasure and a rush, every time you drive it. What monstrous value for the costs.
Edit: It's genuinely beautiful too, nicely done.
5:43 10" was only in 60ies or 7ies or so. In the 80ies already 12" wheels as standard, due to bigger brakes.
10:38 love the printed labels on the carbon fiber dash 😆 This car is a beauty. I checked out the superfast minis website. They only have one for sale currently.
I don't ask why people pick certain vehicles . I get it . This is no where close to anything I would pick but then I also think this is cool as all hell!!
Man takes me back to the golden era of Honda's! My first swap was a B16 too!
I get a good chunk of the people that watch this channel are V8 only type of people and i love american V8s just as much as y'all but honda motors are insanely capable. These honda motors are the LS swaps of 4 Cylinders. They make decent power too for how small they are.
PLUS RELIABILITY!!!
Tiny but mighty! It looks at home in that LA backdrop. Uber cool!