What to look out for
That W8 looks great
Here's a few things to check - just tailwind specific
The main one is that the Wittman main gear joins the engine mount in a complex welded cluster
This will crack as it takes a lot of punishment, so work checking
it's easy to inspect if you drop the bottom cowl, die penetrant
( xtremeair Sbachs recently suffered from the same problem and were expensively grounded until new mounts could be made)
The Wittman main gear is prone to shimmy on hard runways if not set right, this is not nice on landing
The Wittman main gear can crack at the axle, worth checking
The sternpost is prone to cracking
Finally, it was the wing covering peeling off that got Steve Wittman, worth checking