Mini Cooper is one of the cutest cars ever built. But never underestimate this car. This one has a great driving dynamics and sharp responses, now just imagine what would happens when a V8 engine breath under the hood. No need to bother your imagination. The Powerflex project made it easy for you.
Actually, using a big engine on the small platform of the Mini Cooper, is a weird thing, but this issue never can stop the British company developing the Vini. Vini is the Powerflex V8 Mini. The debut time is just at the glorious time of the 2021 Goodwood Festival of Speed. This was not never a easy project, it took 4 years to be finished.
The powertrain of this big heart is the BMW’s S65 4.0-liter V8. The output can reach to 414 hp just like the F80 generation M3. Using this big V-shaped engine longitudinally pus the DCT in a place which is designed for a four-cylinder engine is not an easy thing.
Nothing is changed or touched on the exterior. just wider fender flares and the alteration on the emblem that now reads Vini. But the cabin had changed. The V8 engine shorten the wheelbase hatchback tips which scales at 1,300 kilograms (2,866 pounds) after engine swap.
Vini is a cooperation with UK's Performance Automotive Aftermarket Association, comprised of ED Motorsport, Litchfield Motors, Alcon, Tilton Engineering, Bilstein UK, Forge Motorsport, Goodridge, Aero Tec Laboratories (ATL), ITG, Cobra Seats, Lifeline, Racelogic, Syvecs, AiM Tech, and Braid. And just at the Goodwood festival you can visit this car.