The midget race cars used the Racing 460 – 8 times the size of the Midget Racer which was half the size of the Lightfour. I souped up a V4 Evinrude for Joe Caradona (Owned the company that made Jiffy Kits to rebuild carburators) to put in a midget race car he designed. He convinced the racers it was the same as the 460. Common thought was the outboards couldn’t idle and would foul plugs with a slow start. So they started the race slowly . . . When the flag was dropped to start the race and everyone hit the throttle – The V4 did a wheelie and ran over the Ofenhowser in front of it. It’s major failing was you could’t turn if the front wheels were not on the ground.
