This 1965 Mini Cooper has been turned into a mid-engine drag car, and now runs eight-second quarter-miles. There's a 900-horsepower turbocharged Honda K20 four-cylinder sitting behind the driver, and ...
"The engine’s slender power band sits low in the rev range and is yoked to gearing taller than a skyscraper (at 100 mph in sixth, the tach reads just over 3000 rpm). So, the motor is markedly calm on ...