i remember hearing some 1 was building a origonal mini with a b20 turbo engine here in the uk there also a twin r1 engined rwd mini and a various other bike, honda and rover engined minis about
Unfortunatly, the neon uses a 2.4 litre engine opposed to the 1.6 in the MINI. However, the MINI engine was co-made with Chrysler, so some of there parts could very possibly work.