You could go out & buy a proven dirt midget engine & get the same results but that's not what he's about. He's like many of us in the fact he is testing his own ability & his driving force is not so much the goal but his creativity.
LSR attracts two types of racers, those who love to build $hit & those with big checkbook's who have their crap built. The more active people on this forum seem to be the former because their passion for what they do drives them.
It's like Hot Rodding, there are Hot Rodder's & then there are people that own a Hot Rod.
Sid.