{"id":128198,"date":"2025-02-24T06:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-24T12:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128198"},"modified":"2025-02-23T23:40:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T05:40:53","slug":"rwd-mini-with-a-subaru-ej25-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128198","title":{"rendered":"Dutchy&#8217;s Garage Drag Racing the Subaru-Powered RWD Mini"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128202\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128202\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128202\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128202\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 16\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve Holland from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DutchysGarage\">Dutchy&#8217;s Garage<\/a> attended the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Australia with his &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103628\">MiniRex<\/a>&#8221; 1961 Mini. The little blue car is powered by a turbocharged Subaru EJ25 flat-four sitting in back. The motor is paired to a WRX five-speed manual transmission with a limited-slip differential and <a href=\"https:\/\/subarugears.com\/product-category\/kit\/\">Subarugears RWD kit<\/a>. Everything is supported by a custom tubular subframes fabricated by Steve with Mazda MX-5 NB control arms and brakes. Steve drove MiniRex down the quarter-mile three times and went 12.9, 12.8, and 12.9 sec. Watch two of the runs in the videos below. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/cHq3Kb1ECYo?si=2CgL8835AEgkYGwb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/Tc1u9wYxclM?si=2s8OEWaKb-1hZZSX\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128203\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128203\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128203\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128203\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 17\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-17.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128204\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128204\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128204\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128204\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 18\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-18.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128205\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128205\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128205\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128205\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 19\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-19.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128206\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-128206\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"128206\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=128206\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 20\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25 flat-four\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-128206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-20.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@DutchysGarage\">Dutchy&#8217;s Garage<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Holland from Dutchy&#8217;s Garage attended the OPTIMA Ultimate Street Car Australia with his &#8220;MiniRex&#8221; 1961 Mini. The little blue car is powered by a turbocharged Subaru EJ25 flat-four sitting in back. The motor is paired to a WRX five-speed manual transmission with a limited-slip differential and Subarugears RWD kit. Everything is supported by a&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=128198\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dutchy&#8217;s Garage Drag Racing the Subaru-Powered RWD Mini<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":128202,"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_post_was_ever_published":false,"_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":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128198","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\/2025\/02\/RWD-Mini-with-a-Subaru-EJ25-16.jpg?fit=2048%2C1536&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":103628,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=103628","url_meta":{"origin":128198,"position":0},"title":"RWD Mini with a Subaru EJ25","author":"swaptastic","date":"August 10, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Steve Holland from Dutchy's Garage set out in 2020 to build a unique 1961 Mini using a 2010 Subaru WRX powertrain. 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