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Small-Block Chevy-Powered R50 MINI Cooper is Brilliant Lunacy

Small-Block Chevy-Powered R50 MINI Cooper is Brilliant Lunacy

Typically, an R50 MINI–the first-generation of BMW-owned MINI hatchbacks–never made a lot of power. Even its sportier spec, the MINI Cooper S, made less than 200 horsepower from 1.6-liter supercharged four-pot. That clearly wasn’t enough…