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Originally Posted by BruceWilkie
They gave same reasons for DQ'n a cv1combo that was being considered. Rumor is someone b*tched as build was initially accepted.
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That's not entirely true. The CV-1 heads were never legal as per the rules, all you had to do was read them. The team was accepted to run an engine at EMC but EMC never said it was a legal engine. When they accept a team, they are not accepting any parts/pieces. It is on the individual builders (NOT EMC) to make sure that their engines are legal and if there is any question we have to submit a formal question to the EMC rules committee.
There was a builder that was pretty upset over our Pro-Ports but when we went through the rule book by the letter, our heads were legal. The rule book is printed in black and white and it was clearly stated the valve arrangement had to be stock and you couldn't run canted valves on a non-canted valve engine making the CV-1's illegal from the get-go. It is not EMC's fault they couldn't read the rules.
Personally, I would've liked to see how our 428 stacked up against the CV-1 motor but it wasn't legal.