What are you working on?

I was given this 08 mini cooper because the engine seized on the highway. I dragged it home to scrap until the wife seen it. I was in ..... well the good books.

Yes, it took a wild turn. Apparently its the exact "dream car" she always wanted.

Got a k24 engine from an acura tsx and made some mounts and slapped it in. Added a turbo for good measure. Aiming for 300hp but i have been told i could hit 400hp with this setup.
Have been playing with wires for awhile, but I have almost everything working except the tachometer.
Wife would only accept the car if it had a clutch so I got a 6sp limited slip trans from a 2012 civic si.View attachment 28853View attachment 28854
It had to be an interesting thought process that led you to that solution. That's bad ass *and* unique.

My GTI is about that size with 220 hp and it can be a handful on the street if I get aggressive with it.
 
Started with research for another motor and realizing the mini motors are very unreliable. Basically if you have a mini you have 2 spare motors laying around.

I stumbled on someone making a kit for k swapping mini coopers but I was not willing to pay 4 grand for a kit.
So i made my own mounts, had axles made and started sorting out wires from a video on YouTube.

It is getting pretty common for the swap now.
Yes it was a rabbit hole
 
My Sunjoe power washer died this spring, took the whole thing apart, got the motor running, didn't really do anything, put it all back together & no go.
So I order a new one, came today, put that together & have no idea why but I started stripping down the old one. when I got to the motor/pump assembly there's 2 screws I can't get out. left it together for now, chances are if the new one breaks I'll order another, I then spent an hour moving stuff around to make room for the box-O-parts!
What I really wanted to see was the pump to motor connection, I also found some sort of switch way down the bottom of the pump, thinking that or the pump itself was the problem? 20250714_152840.jpgMore crap I'll store till I croak & the kids will have to deal with! Am I a bad Dad! 20250714_153058.jpg
 

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