{"id":79213,"date":"2021-11-12T14:00:35","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T20:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=79213"},"modified":"2023-10-25T15:47:05","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T20:47:05","slug":"vini-the-v8-mini-on-the-road-and-dyno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=79213","title":{"rendered":"Vini the V8 Mini on the Road and Dyno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=79224\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-79224\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"79224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?attachment_id=79224\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15.jpg?fit=1440%2C1080&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1440,1080\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Vini RWD Mini Cooper with a BMW S65 V8 15\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Powerflex&amp;#8217;s Vini RWD Mini Cooper built by ED Motorsport with a BMW S65 V8&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15.jpg?fit=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15-600x450.jpg?resize=600%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Powerflex&#039;s Vini RWD Mini Cooper built by ED Motorsport with a BMW S65 V8\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-79224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15.jpg?resize=600%2C450&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15.jpg?resize=1200%2C900&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Vini-RWD-Mini-Cooper-with-a-BMW-S65-V8-15.jpg?w=1440&amp;ssl=1 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.powerflexusa.com\/\">Powerflex<\/a> is preparing their wild <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vinithev8mini\/\">Vini the V8 Mini<\/a> built by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edmracing\/\">EDM Speed Projects<\/a> for its first time at the track. In doing so the Mini visited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuantumTuningLtd\/\">Quantum Tuning<\/a> in Maidenhead, UK for some dyno tuning. There the company along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/robbie.durant\/\">Robbie Durant<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/racecal.co.uk\/\">RaceCal<\/a> made sure the car&#8217;s naturally aspirated 4.0 L BMW S65 V8 and M-DCT seven-speed transmission are performing as desired. Listen to the V8 sing below or view our <a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=74429\">previous article<\/a> for more details on the Mini.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvinithev8mini%2Fvideos%2F1065716347573177%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=330&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"330\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FQuantumTuningLtd%2Fvideos%2F685787509478543%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=600&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fvinithev8mini%2Fvideos%2F2800597323522274%2F&#038;width=600&#038;show_text=false&#038;height=338&#038;appId\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/vinithev8mini\/\">Vini the V8 Mini FB page<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/QuantumTuningLtd\/\">Quantum Tuning FB page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Powerflex is preparing their wild Vini the V8 Mini built by EDM Speed Projects for its first time at the track. In doing so the Mini visited Quantum Tuning in Maidenhead, UK for some dyno tuning. There the company along with Robbie Durant and RaceCal made sure the car&#8217;s naturally aspirated 4.0 L BMW S65&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=79213\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vini the V8 Mini on the Road and Dyno<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":79224,"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,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[769],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mini-hatch"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":147196,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=147196","url_meta":{"origin":79213,"position":0},"title":"Chris Harris and Jonny Smith Drive a Mini with a BMW S65 V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"April 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonny Smith from The Late Brake Show brought a special Mini for Chris Harris to drive at a wet track. 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