Tom, Come on buddy. The point of the example my friend!! Granted you may not violate as you torque your hubs and every bolt but one to factory spec. Is that really the point I was trying to make? You know that wasn't my point. I was giving examples of how that GCR rule you cited does have an intent and the intent is important and that the "words" of the rule can and do lead people astray. Do you not ever use zip ties instead of the factory fasteners? Should all the guys that dont run top tranny bolts also be looked at as violating the intent and words of the regulations ( I don't have them in)? The examples are many. The point I was trying to make is that the GCR you cited, do you think that in intent, changing the cam position in relationship to TDC is within what they wanted to address in that rule? Or is it a catch all rule so that people don't have to worry about writing a rule to catch every little thing? Why do you think they would specifically write a rule that prevents me from detuning my car by "7 hp"? They wouldn't. So I say that the intent of that rule was not to stop people from doing good mechanical analysis and coming up with good tuning practices that gives them an advantage over their competitor. A cam offset is nothing more than a potential tuning practice and is within the ability and budget of every racer should he so choose to do it. No extra parts are used, no modification to existing parts are done. No special surfacing or metal treatments. Nothing even moved from its original mounting position. No different in any way to sliding the cam position sensor in its slot to achieve a different ignition timing.
Have you forgotten how beautifully the "words" were exploited when it came to plunge cuts ? Did they cheat? No!!!!!!!!!!! Did they exploit poor use of the defining language? Yes!!!!!!!!! (specifically on concentricity, not talking about relief cuts. IMO that was just pure genius for the people that thought of that advantage). Now we have a rule that prevents it. A real rule.
James-
I fundamentally disagree with essentially your entire premise above .
Yes, I think that any non-compliance with the fsm not specifically allowed by the explicit rules is protestable. So, yes if you want to protest my zip ties please go ahead. Of course you will have to leave crazy
-cali and come to Texas to do it.