Making a 20 litre-1200ci V-12 completely from scratch seems beyond ... have created a number of scratch-built engines, overhead cam conversions, and crazy combos of homemade and aftermarket ...

When 500hp wasn't enough, Wood bought a military surplus Allison V-1710 V12 engine, the same engine that powered a multitude of World War IIera warplanes, like the P-51 Mustang and P-38 Lightning.