Steve from Australia built himself a Honda VTEC-powered classic Mini a few years back and was proud of the job he’d done. However, it was a bit of a torque-steering monster and wasn’t great to drive.

Here’s a rather big example that if you put your mind to it, nothing is quite impossible; it’s just a case of surmounting obstacles. Sure, dimensionally, this project doesn’t stretch too far. After ...

If you spend enough time on the internet, it’s easy to feel like you’ve seen it all. Lots of horsepower in a tiny car. An engine stuffed in both sides of a car. Pfft, that’s been done. So, here’s ...

Think the classic Mini has to be slow and cheerful all the time? Guess again, because with an engine swap, it becomes a ...

If you love the sounds and smells of an internal combustion engine but don't want to get a car to experience one, you could buy a mini engine kit and build a scaled-down example as the main feature of ...

When you come across an original Mini, you can't help but smile. Short, small, snappy as a terrier, tiny wheels pushed to the corners and a pop-eyed face that's as friendly as an old Porsche without ...