Editing Allison V-1710 (section)

==Other uses==
The V-1710's useful life continued, as thousands were available on the surplus market. In the 1950s, many [[drag racing|drag racers]] and [[land speed record|land speed racers]], attracted by its reliability and good power output, adopted the V-1710; [[Art Arfons]] and brother [[Walt Arfons|Walt]] in particular used one, in [[Green Monster (car)|''Green Monster'']].<ref>Baskerville, Grey,<!--It's "Grey", don't change it.--> ed. "Finish Line", ''Hot Rod'', 7/90, p.144</ref> It proved unsuccessful as a drag racing engine, being unable to accelerate rapidly, but "could taxi all day at 150".<ref>Baskerville, p.144</ref> [[H1 Unlimited|Unlimited]] [[hydroplane racing]] also became a big sport across the U.S. at this time and V-1710s were often tuned for racing at up to {{convert|4000|hp|kW|abbr=on}}—power levels that were beyond design criteria and significantly reduced durability.

Later, as purpose-built [[V8 engine|V8]] engines became available for drag racing and unlimited boats shifted to [[turboshaft]] power, [[tractor pull]]ers began using the Allison engine, again developing unimagined power. Finally, the [[warbird]] movement began to restore and return to the air examples of the classic fighters of the war and many V-1710-powered pursuit airplanes began to fly again, with freshly overhauled engines. The reliability, maintainability, and availability of the engine has led others to use it to power flying examples of aircraft whose original engines are unobtainable. This includes newly manufactured [[Russia]]n [[Yak-3]] and [[Yak-9]] airplanes, originally powered by [[Klimov M-105|Klimov]] V-12s in World War II and [[Ilyushin Il-2#Surviving aircraft|the two (so far) airworthy examples of the Ilyushin Il-2]], taking the place of the [[Mikulin AM-38|Mikulin V-12]] it originally used, as well as ambitious projects such as a replica [[Douglas DWC|Douglas World Cruiser]] and [[Focke-Wulf Fw 190]]D by [[Flug Werk]] of [[Germany]].