The engine is a 780 cubic inch (13 liter) horizontally opposed 8-cylinder, scavenged from one of [Mike]’s racing planes, and fitting it required extensive structural changes to the fuselage.

The dirt racing driver was killed in one of his planes after it crashed into a barn ... At 7:15 a.m. this morning Scott was out flying his vintage airplane and had a crash on the Bloomquist ...