Honda K20 Swapped Mini Cooper - Vintage British Style With Modern Honda Power

[@LarryChenPhoto]

If you want that Larry Chen peeker sticker head over to the Etsy store. Each print comes with peeker stickers! larrychenprints.com/

[@Barry.ONeill]

@Hoonigan Autofocus I am embarrassed for us honda guys every where , NO REV LIMITER , every honda engine you ever come across has to hit limiter for you any time you want, once its warm ofcorse, no camry starts here But if its a honda ya better honda that limiter boy 🤣💯

[@Lee_B_Futures]

"Why does it pull to the left?" LOL... Larry experiencing torque steer for the first time

[@vizualmrs]

LMAO thought the same thing. Haha

[@BenExell]

Needs a better LSD! mine was uncontrollable before I changed mine

[@comfortablynumb8832]

Woooooww

[@anguspettey3322]

Larry you've got to cover Bad Obsession Motorsport's project Binky if ever you get a chance when in the UK, that's a mini that the world needs to see!!

[@ekcivicuk]

Providing they ever finish it lol

[@stuvademakaroner9607]

It's a bracket, not a mini!

[@trillrifaxegrindor4411]

not ready for at least another 10 years,its close but not quite there yet.....awesome build but WAIT

[@frankgile1996]

This Mini even has a checkered roof, just like Binky... Coincidence? I think not... 😁

[@digitaltactics9234]

@@frankgile1996 A lot of minis had checkered roofs neither where the first that is for sure.

[@alvarodiaz8652]

Shout out mighty car mods

[@BenExell]

Yeah they used a minitec subframe too, honda swaps are very popular here in the UK. Ive got a B18 in my mini :)

[@FlesHBoX]

Uh oh... That hood flip up is so sweet, I feel like this just extended the build time on Binky another 5 years!

[@bubbajspnkypants]

Looks like saab 900 hood hinges

[@bingchilling5116]

yep. looks like binky may have some unexpected delays lol

[@driveshift]

You know it’s gonna be a dope feature build when you hear a Filipino accent.

[@eduardoarroyo7699]

Pillipino accent 👌🏽

[@perotekku]

Yeah, man! I'm from Winnipeg in Canada, biggest Philippino community in Canada per Capita. Many good guys I know through work have that awesome accent 🤙

[@brianphilippeshanedonato9835]

Yeah yeah

[@cybertree]

I had one too many drinks out one night, and this cute Filipino "girl" ended up having a dope feature I wasn't prepared for in their pants, I was pretty peeved after I finished.

[@gwendemonteverde6161]

Tatak Pinoy 💪

[@liiimons]

Larry: This car has way too much power for the tyres. Builder "Thank you." good response

[@christopherbellisario9195]

EPIC

[@fastberry1162]

Lmao I came down to the comments when he said that

[@kelvinarreola]

lol i was just about to comment this lol

[@nickt9467]

@@fastberry1162 I read the comment right as Larry said it in the video. Spooky

[@jasperbosch742]

Respect to the builder of this thing

[@chickerino1869]

filipinos have the cleanest taste in modifying cars

[@jonahquintanilla4589]

@@chickerino1869 love from PH🇵🇭👌🏽

[@brianbowersox]

The builder lives in Ohio. Lol

[@jonahquintanilla4589]

@@brianbowersox peep under the hood 🇵🇭

[@brianbowersox]

@@jonahquintanilla4589, I know the previous owner... The guy who did the build..

[@cooper_jay_studios]

This is like the Honda b-series swapped Mini from Mighty Car Mods, it's sick!

[@5ty45yr]

Yeah! accept this is k...

[@jonahquintanilla4589]

“It has WAY to much power for these tires!” “Thank you” 😎

[@wh0reb0t]

Gotta love the sorta dude to have a immaculate thought out build and Larry says "Seems so well built" and his reply is "So far"

[@sheafloyd9904]

Agreed! This level of humbleness is rare

[@ifrit35]

I love this kind of build, small car with a "reasonable amount" of power. Also wilwood brakes and aesthetically it's not overly modified. It's perfect.

[@ausargibbs8545]

“oh I can drive? Pull over here” lol

[@LuisAGuevara33]

Made the vid so much better

[@Goodman-4525]

I'm half way through the vid before I noticed the steering wheel is on the correct side lmao

[@Lifesabishi]

"10:35 WAY too much power for these tiny wheels" "thank you" 🤣 I love this man!!!

[@brandongibson507]

Bro this is one of my dream builds 💯🤯💣 I bet it's fast af too, power to weight ratio

[@vizualmrs]

Probably one of the best swaps I've seen.

[@B0F]

i can't count how many times a random VQ has passed by you revving while you're filming

[@mrarivv0007]

They want the smoke. Lol.

[@ColonelCampbellAI2024]

👀😒 _Smoke 'em..._ 😎

[@szymonszewczyk8225]

Vq35 is were it's at for nissan boys...love the vq engine,,,honda k20 is an incredible engine too.

[@kindbud]

VQ35s DE and DD are the newest rice in socal over the last 5 years, they're all stock (engine/drivetrain) with shitty exhausts, beat up, and auto. Hardly any of them are HR or have a good exhaust. Usually only the VQ37HRs are modified

[@szymonszewczyk8225]

@@kindbud shit yea its true abunch of ricer kids haveing been makeing rice burners outta vq powered cars,,,but vq's have been out for along time I've been into vq's for bought 13 years they're great engines if built and tuned right and pretty dam quick,their in alot of nissan and infinity cars and suv's

[@tomaspinto7079]

I love that it isn't loud

[@theoriginalwallace]

Beautiful build! My 1970 Mini had a Vauxhall/Opel XE 2.0 with 250bhp running on 6x10 Minilites with 165/70 Yokohamas. It was a real handful!!

[@aaaaachew]

What an amazing car! We had a couple of Minis and this brings back some great memories.

[@sickjohnson]

Just crazy how cool that Mini is...and extremely immaculate!

[@GildredRacing]

We love that he uses it as a daily driver! The k20 is an incredible power plant, it is a “monster” due to torque steer when maintaining front wheel drive, put it in the rear and its power delivery is much easier to drive fast.

[@gordythecreator]

More ppl should do this with all compacts ( LS Swap 1/2 Scale )

[@intraxx88]

That's the thing i keep in mind when see old VW Golf barely having 100HP, sometimes even less than 70

[@FrictionShifter]

Here in Indonesia, even a wrecked Mini is so damn expensive. Not to mention the K-Swap and that cool whole front-end pop up. Thanks for the video, Larry! Shout out to the owner.

[@fustonpowell5026]

Dude this is my exact dream car

[@DetroitMicroSound]

She's a beauty! And I'm a fan of those flares. Sweet lines, and shapes. ❤

[@thatoneguy3112]

Larry Chen, incredible feature, well thought out and put together car, and props for being the only one at Hoonigan that can build a car and not have Scotto give it away 👌

[@ALVARADOx805]

That's how you know dude is confident in the car, "you wanna drive it?"

[@mattteee2973]

Something always confuses me when Hoonigan look at cars- they don't skip a beat over the idea of importing weird parts from Japan, but when they look at British cars its always "where do you get parts from?!?". You guys know we speak English in England, right? Its got to be the easiest place besides canada/aus/nz for an american to buy stuff from!

[@Showmetheevidence-]

🤣😂

[@julienr28]

I don't really know how I get in here, but I can tell you for sure I absolutely not regret it ! Damn this mini is lit !

[@BlueDually4x4]

Enough power to be either fun as hell or scare the shit out of you. It is a really incredible build.

[@Pixelkill3R]

good work keeping the conversation going... guys a material robot

[@jason_stine13]

This car was built for me by MiniTec in Georgia. The current owner has made a few subtle changes but I have the receipts for the build.

[@JA_S_ON]

Hi Jason I hope you’re well - a year later I know. If you’d be so kind as to let me know what gearbox is being used?

[@CarlDraper]

Pulling the left - insane torque steer!

[@perotekku]

Such a great swap and build, clean, straight forward, and just fun.

[@DynamicEvolved]

This is making me miss my old '97 Cooper.

[@palmermonsen9098]

they were still making them in 97?

[@DynamicEvolved]

@@palmermonsen9098 Yep all the way to October 2000 when the last one rolled off the production line.

[@palmermonsen9098]

@@DynamicEvolved crazy, I never knew that

[@mugensamurai]

Everytime this guy posts a car swap vid. I am like "sho me dawae".

[@chidan]

haha VTEC kicks in massive left pull, mad credit to builder

[@chadderton]

Great video, absolutely stunning Mini!

[@pepitoraviz761]

That laughing horn is the cherry on top.

[@bearrett50kal17]

Larry: "Why does it pull to the left?" On this episode of Autofocus, Larry discovers torque steer edit: I wanted to add that I used to own a 2006 Kia Rio which had 110hp, manual, and 175 tires. I could easily spin tires in first and get tire chirp power shifting into second (yes I abused that car severely). I can't imagine 175s with 200hp, absolute insanity.

[@TheGinger15765]

My 06 G6 GTP was 240 from a 3.9 and 6-speed. Shed chirp with ease and that had 225’s.

[@mackcummy4976]

@@TheGinger15765 pfft that isn't impessive.

[@mackcummy4976]

over 200hp with the mods

[@TheGinger15765]

@@mackcummy4976 Don't worry, I've since bought a LS1 T56 GTO over the summer. Course, no torque steer issues thereee

[@monikhushalpuri]

Duuuuuude my mom used to have a 2006 Kia Rio but it was auto...that car was fun to drive and literally handled like a go kart

[@ltdanyj]

digging the yellow headlight

[@aycarambas]

Absolutely love your content youre a great interviewer

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

Due to the minis popularity in export markets there was actually more left hand drive minis produced in total than right hand drive ones! ‘It actually feels pretty big’ ‘it feels like it’s gonna be pretty big because look how long this stick is’ PHRASING LANA.

[@ecnirp9197]

Met VJ in a meet very cool guy, sick build!

[@kevinruger8819]

Keep your R32 Skyline...I’ll take one of these 😃

[@2.fresh767]

Respect from England, it’s a cool little mini.

[@QuantumPlaysOfficial]

So he made the A class Forza Build Mini. Even has wide body.

[@kommunistassasin]

*VTEC Intensifies*

[@RL.CRSSTM]

to those who were weirded out with the horn sound - it is his homage to the Philippine Jeepney. Jeepneys are public transportations here at home that are mostly tricked out (stanced, straight pipes, loud sounds, etc.) and the horn sound is one of usual modifications you would find in the Jeepney.

[@mrarivv0007]

His accent reminded me of the jo koy special. Lol. Philippinos ftw.

[@jackdub7740]

this will have to satiate my binky addiction for now! well done!

[@ColonelCampbellAI2024]

K Minis are so good 🤤

[@mikeandino2676]

Larry you keep saying about not being able to put the power down. Convince him to make it AWD 🥰🥰🥰

[@alienfac32]

i love classic mini's. someday.. someday..

[@larsstougaard7097]

I LOVE them too, along with sleeper cars, great when they surprises everbody and pulls away.

[@alienfac32]

@@larsstougaard7097 for sure. but still needs to be driveable tho.

[@larsstougaard7097]

@@alienfac32 ha ha true, maybe this mini had a little too much power for wheel size, but still cool.

[@vizualmrs]

Hahaha the horns are freakin hilarious. Love his own taste on it.

[@mrpicky1868]

it will be a monster at most hillclimbs

[@AlistairLattimore]

Mighty Car Mods have a B series swapped JDM Mini they did a lifetime ago, great build series if anyone is interested 🤘🏻

[@heyoitssky1191]

This thing is sick inspires me to work on my vw type 3 square back

[@perotekku]

You better, those are getting rare, such cool cars

[@heyoitssky1191]

@@perotekku I wanna do something like this just a really clean resto mod suspension, cage and a wrx engine stuff just isn’t cheap

[@perotekku]

@@heyoitssky1191 Don't gotta explain it to me, I have a '62 Meteor I want to build into a 60s Nascar/SCCA/TransAm clone. Doing things right always costs more, but at least you don't have to go back and redo it. Biggest thing with the WRX swap would be forward mounting a radiator and possible intercooler, unless you mount them above the engine and closed off the rear half of the Type 3 with a firewall

[@heyoitssky1191]

@@perotekku yeah I plan on doing it right the first time it may take me 10 years to do it but it’ll be done right and as for the intercooler and radiator I’m not entirely sure what I’ll do but I’ll cross that road when I get there

[@perotekku]

@@heyoitssky1191 I think using the existing air vents on the sides of the car as ducting for the coolers would be sick. Good luck!

[@94Greenbean]

Good Lord that is AWESOME!!!

[@trusted_traveler]

Seen a swap like this back in like 2006 ish range. Massachusetts builder and owner.

[@CoachDAReid]

I think I remember those cars being featured in Car and Driver. Must have been a B16 swap, not a K20. I do remember Minitec needs to lengthen the shell by a fair bit to fit the Honda swap, which none of the commenters seem to recognize. That disqualifies this build in the eyes of Nik and Richard. Wasn’t it episode 1? “If it’s not 100 inches, it’s not a Mini.”

[@Showmetheevidence-]

She’s pretty. The 2tone headlights don’t do it for me, but that’s minor :)

[@Hotsuye]

Was hoping there would be a Japanese bursting sun on the roof instead just for fun lol

[@Jonathan_Doe_]

I highly doubt a Filipino would wanna put the Japanese Imperial battle flag on their car after what the Japanese did to them during their occupation of the Philippines in WW2!

[@Raynedog00]

Moog from Mighty Car Mods would have killed for a hood like that hahaha

[@13geeky]

I need me cooper Honda swap bro that looks so good holy fuck

[@shadwick8]

Best car owner when hear him laugh when someone else thrashes it hahaha

[@Ruylopez778]

You should try the Minis with the motor swapped in the back, too

[@vizualmrs]

Automatic for the wife K20 mini for the daily. Sick!

[@jamespotenzone7460]

Light car big motor moves 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👌

[@kirkpatrickconstruction897]

This is the real deal. I love it.

[@christianjohndeguzman6278]

proud to see this beast. from ph

[@Meccanico208]

This would be a dope conversion for a Honda N600 or Z Coupe

[@QuBaTiOn]

Amazing video like always, but I didn’t hear one crack of vtec! “Keep up the good work!”

[@gordowg1wg145]

The most common reason for a FWD pulling under power is unequal driveshaft lengths - if an intermediate shaft was engineered into it, it 'should' fix it.

[@fishmonger5026]

d16vtec is good enough to daily in a mini. fits better than a kseries or bseries and can use factory transmission and factory wiring

[@EMNemesis]

That's a nice K20 Mini

[@hunyango2k]

KABAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!! that is a sick mod!!!

[@ianrichani3747]

That horn is next level lollll

[@aldwinramos7205]

Proudly Pinoy 🇵🇭🇵🇭🇵🇭

[@bo0ti]

that mexican laughing horn is so damn hilarious!

[@capmotorworks7331]

This has way too much power for this car..."Thank you" lol a true tuner

[@KorysRides]

I realize there are packaging restrictions, but why would you put the air filter right behind the radiator? Hot air intake...

[@Carbonarars]

Larry, you Need to drive a 10 inch wheels Mini, they are even better, Look at Mini Miglia ✌️

[@larsstougaard7097]

😁

[@chasebrunner]

That car was so cool

[@goku5565]

The horn was badass 😂

[@raulcontes5533]

nice job Chen!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! like the mini!!

[@mowler8042]

Would be fun to see someone in the Hoonigan crew to pick something very odd and very european and use the original motor it comes with and make it powerful...watched a vid a guy pulled a NSU prince out out of a field to part it out....make it widebody? My car to choose to make a drift car would be a Volvo Canadian wagon....but something weird would be fun.

[@lamfwjyang6548]

I bet this thing is a low 12 - high 11s.. Very fast for swapped k20 motor.

[@mazjap]

Why does it pull to the left? Lol surprisingly it can be driven in a straight line

[@jaketaylor8837]

Saw one of these in the uk at good wood with a mid engine v8

[@chefluvfood]

What a beast looks amazing 👍😁

[@slowin_slowout]

honda engines are the best is there any chance of an NSX to be in your video? it would be soooooooooo cool

[@blairread4414]

Torque Monster..👌

[@cautoyautocustoms4071]

Nice watching from 🇵🇭

[@Shawn-in-da-Canyon]

I’ve heard so many bad stories about Mini Tech. It kept me from having one made.

[@GreaseMonkeyVIP]

Its called torquesteer Larry!!! Front wheel drives stink when big power tries to grip hard and that wheel gets ripped out of your hand if not expecting it!!!

[@jonahquintanilla4589]

I like how he trust you to drive it and let you find out it pulls to the left when you step on it🤪😂

[@bongreal2712]

Nice one vanjoy👍👍

[@nickay2549]

in NZ dollars those prints are drug money expensive. Its a shame, Id love one on my wall in the garage :)

[@Ben-hf7fg]

Would make sense for Larry to do a deal with a local printer.