Airplane engine car

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my google is failing me. There is a 50's vintage car wih an airplane engine in it. What is it
 
Porsche 911, basic engine was put in some Mooneys until the lawsuit crisis caused them to exit.
 
Porsche 911, basic engine was put in some Mooneys until the lawsuit crisis caused them to exit.

Was it a geared engine? Porsche flat sixes are made to produce power at high RPM, not produce big torque and HP at 2500rpm.
 
What lawsuit was that?

Think he’s referring to the general state of product liability in the late 80s before the GA liability act that changed some of it.

Lawsuits would include the ridiculous Cessna one for the seat tracks, where the pilot clearly committed suicide by mountain smash, but lawyers still managed to get money out of Cessna because maybe his seat just slid back. LOL.
 
Then there was the guy that put the jet engine in a VW.
 
The Army used radial engines to power tanks before diesel caught on. Pretty interesting history. Those things must have been loud!
 
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