For some time now, classic Mini owners have been dropping Honda engines under the tiny hoods ... In the video, a Chili Red R53 Cooper S sits right alongside a classic model in a similar color.

Where the R53 Mini Cooper S gets most interesting is under the scooped bonnet. The addition of an Eaton supercharger and stronger Getrag six-speed manual gearbox to the 1.6-liter Tritec engine ...

Over the years the rough edges of the original ‘new’ Mini Cooper S – the wonderfully oversupercharged R53-generation cars ... four-cylinder turbocharged engine that developed 189bhp.