{"id":117520,"date":"2024-07-01T16:35:32","date_gmt":"2024-07-01T21:35:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117520"},"modified":"2024-07-01T22:31:25","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T03:31:25","slug":"rwd-mini-with-a-mid-engine-honda-v6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117520","title":{"rendered":"RWD Mini with a Mid-Engine Honda V6"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

Kade Harward<\/a> loves Minis. He’s owned several with a manual transmission, one with an automatic transmission, and even one with a Honda K20 motor. Eventually Kade sought to create a Mini that would feel more like a go-kart.<\/p>\n

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

In the back of Kade’s Mini is a 3.5 L Honda J-series V6<\/a>. The motor features a J35A4 bottom-end topped with J32A2 heads. Exhaust is routed through Big Bore headers and custom exhaust with a Spintech Sportsman 3000 muffler. Kade installed a MiniTec aluminum radiator and fuel cell in the factory engine bay. The V6 runs on a JV6 wiring harness and ECU<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Honda<\/a><\/p>\n

\"custom<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MiniTec<\/a><\/p>\n

Power is transmitted to the rear wheels through a Clutchmasters single-disc clutch and flywheel to a six-speed manual transmission sourced from a 2004 Acura TL. <\/p>\n

\"Honda<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Honda<\/a><\/p>\n

Kade converted the car’s layout using MiniTec’s Midi front and rear subframes. He also added a Sport 2.2 steering rack and QA1 coilovers with 300 lb springs in front and 400 lb springs in back. For braking Kade installed Wilwood four-piston front brakes and PowerStop 1993 Miata rear hubs and brakes. <\/p>\n

\"MiniTec<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MiniTec<\/a><\/p>\n

\"MiniTec<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Wilwood<\/a><\/p>\n

Extending out from each corner of the body is a set of roguese7ens<\/a> forged carbon arches. Under those are Compomotive 13×9-inch wheels with Toyo Proxes R888R 225\/45 tires. Kade also installed SMCO Apollo headlights and modified a hood from a 2001 Acura CL to cover the cabin. <\/p>\n

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"RWD<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Compomotive<\/a><\/p>\n

\"front<\/a><\/p>\n

On the inside Kade installed a set of Corbeau seats with Takashi harnesses surrounded by a roll cage. He changes gears using a Hybrid Racing billet shifter<\/a> and P2R J-swap cables. View more photos of the Mini including the build progress on @V6_Mini<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\"Hybrid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Kade Harward loves Minis. He’s owned several with a manual transmission, one with an automatic transmission, and even one with a Honda K20 motor. Eventually Kade sought to create a Mini that would feel more like a go-kart. In the back of Kade’s Mini is a 3.5 L Honda J-series V6. The motor features a… Read More »RWD Mini with a Mid-Engine Honda V6<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":117610,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mini"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Mid-Engine-Honda-V6-01.jpg?fit=1599%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15592,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=15592","url_meta":{"origin":117520,"position":0},"title":"Mini with a Honda B18C","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 17, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This classic Mini was built by Gildred Racing in Santa Barbara, California. 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