1977 Mini with a Supercharged LSx V8 – Part 1
Dario from The House of Boost started a new project converting a 1977 Austin Mini into a burnout machine. The car will be powered by a supercharged 4.8 L LSx V8 that uses a 6v71 blower and runs on me...
Dario from The House of Boost started a new project converting a 1977 Austin Mini into a burnout machine. The car will be powered by a supercharged 4.8 L LSx V8 that uses a 6v71 blower and runs on me...
BMW roundel. Photo by Dushan Hanuska. BMW and Mini owners around the country got some bad news on March 8, when Bavarian Autosport, the Portsmouth, New Hampshire-based parts supplier unexpectedly ann...
Roadtrips are an essential part of the automotive experience as a whole. Dare I say, long-distance driving in a vintage, break-down-prone car is a rite of passage, and one I insist upon in any enthus...
Start your weekend off great with a new Project Binky episode from Bad Obsession Motorsport. The team has spent a lot of time and effort building an incredibly modified Mini using a Toyota Celica GT-...
Front-wheel drive had been done before, of course. Even the transverse engine front-wheel-drive layout predated the Mini. However, as this 1961 BMC video via British Pathe notes, Alec Issigonis’ triu...
Start your weekend off great with a new Project Binky episode from Bad Obsession Motorsport. The team has spent a lot of time and effort building an incredibly modified Mini using a Toyota Celica GT-...
This Mini was built by Retropower in in Hinckley, England. The company rebuilt the small car with a 2.1 L C20XE inline-four that makes 240 horsepower. The engine features CP forged pistons, Williams ...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with another episode on their Project Binky. The project’s goal is an incredibly modified and fast Mini using a Toyota Celica GT-Four powertrain and a lot of custom f...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with a new video in their Project Binky mini-series. In episode 20 the team built a custom accessory drive system with a flexible shaft and they recorded so much foot...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with a new Project Binky mini-series. In episode 20 the team built a custom accessory drive system with a flexible shaft. They recorded so much footage they decided t...
This custom Mini was built by Pontus Svensson in Liatorp, Sweden. The project started in 2008 after Pontus received a rusty 1970 BMC Mini. He replaced a lot of old metal with new custom floors, firew...
Chad Burdette stopped by Mini Tec in Royston, Georgia for some photos, video, and ride-along in this special Mini. Sitting behind the driver is a supercharged Honda J35 V6 that makes 450 horsepower t...
This 1965 Mini Cooper was built by @dylan_gray_auto and features a Honda K20 inline-four built by JBR Engines with a Precision 6466 turbocharger. Watch as the Mini puts the wheelie bars to good use w...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with another episode on their Project Binky. The project’s goal is an incredibly modified and fast Mini using a Toyota Celica GT-Four powertrain and a lot of custom f...
Photo by David-O. RVing started long before the advent of the motor vehicle, but as Terence Young argued for the Smithsonian’s newsletter this past week, it “crossed a bridge” in 1915 when Roland and...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with another episode on their Project Binky. The project involves a building an incredibly modified and fast Mini with a Toyota Celica GT-Four powertrain. In this epi...
Hayden Gare competes in New Zealand’s GTRNZ race series driving a 1976 Mini in the GT3 class. The 700 kg (1543 lb) race car is powered by 1.6 L 4A-GE 16v inline-four that makes 350 horsepower at 8,80...
Photo courtesy Studebaker National Museum. They range in status from iconic to mundane and in age from ancient to fairly modern. Some seem relatively straightforward while others appear almost out of...
This classic Mini was built by Restomod Classic in Madrid, Spain. The company spent almost two years and 4,000 hours engineering the engine swap parts and building the Mini. Under the hood sits a tur...
Bad Obsession Motorsport is back with another episode on their Project Binky. It has been seven months since we last saw the team working on the modified Mini with a Toyota Celica GT-Four powertrain....
Russ Foust purchased a 1975 Mini 1275 GT with a Vauxhall 2.0 L C20XE inline-four. The combination made for a very fun drive however the inline-four didn’t have enough power for the straights on track...
Maddog Customs in Wangara, Western Australia is building this unique Mini for a lucky customer. The owner purchased the Mini as their first car in 2000. The Mini received a built 1100 cc A-Series wit...
I first discovered the car while mindlessly wandering through the internet, pounding in Mini-related search queries in a never-ending hunger for Mini photos for my archives. The little yellow Mini se...
Ken Hebert from Tecumseh, Ontario owns and races this unique 2011 Mini Clubman. The 2,700 lb Mini is powered by a 565 ci big-block Chevy V8 that makes 900 horsepower. Behind the engine sits a Powergl...
Classic Mini Electric concept, which debuted at the 2018 New York International Auto Show. Photos courtesy MINI. Battery electric cars don’t typically generate much interest among enthusiasts, so aut...