Now $69, down 30 percent off its usual $100 sticker price, this miniature engine kit seems to suggest otherwise. Get It! Made ...

Next up is a pee-wee sized V8 engine by [stevehuckss396]. Unlike the model engines we’re used to, this one runs on gasoline. The engine started out as a 3 x 3 x 5 inch block of aluminum.

Gasoline is routed from a jar on the work bench. The mini V8 sits on a platform while the engine builder opens the throttle via a tiny wheel next to the air scoop. The sound it makes is nice and ...

For a more authentic kit, the 270-piece metal and plastic V8 engine kit features components found in a real automotive V8 engine, such as pistons and a timing belt. The battery-operated engine ...

Even still, the do-it-yourself faction of the RC scene will no doubt get a thrill out of assembling a legit miniature V8 ...

The engine pictured above is Replica Engines ... More after the jump... The miniature aluminum block V8 displaces 3.8 cubic inches, with a .915 inch bore and a .723 inch stroke, and features ...

Visually, there’s no indication that the Mini’s humble four-pot has been swapped out for a V8, with no tell-tale holes or bulges in the bonnet. With a moderately muscled-up body, custom rims ...

Vini is an enormous credit to Eliot Dunmore, who’s been responsible for a lot of the work. A Mini has no real right to ...