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1.18.2005

Mini TEC VTEC Mini

current mood: Cool Sweet!

This is too cool! I want one! hehe... then I can race Rich in his MINI!


Car & Driver article:
Just when you thought it was safe to buy a Mini.
BY TED WEST
PHOTOGRAPHY BY JIM CAIOZZO
February 2005


Mini TEC VTEC Mini

vTec engine interior

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The Mini Tec VTEC is one of the fastest, and, um, furious-est, drives south of a Z06. Just look at the numbers from the one we tested-1792 pounds and a claimed 220 horsepower. The Honda engine was originally for the Acura Integra Type R and was rated for 195 horsepower. But Mini Tec says better-breathing intake and exhaust systems add 25 ponies, and despite copious amounts of wheelspin, the VTEC Mini still scooted to 60 mph in 5.0 seconds. Read more here...

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