NMCA sealed motor class?

[GUMP]

Originally Posted by Alan Roehrich

Dick, sealed engines will always be opened up and cheated up, the only way to keep it in check is for the organizers to acknowledge that fact and actually spend the time, money, and effort on actually policing them. People selling those engines will always claim no one has figured out how to cheat. Because they make money selling those engines on that premise. If people assemble it, people can tear it down and modify it.

So far, the NMCA has been doing a good job of policing the DR525 class. They are very serious about keeping things honest. The seals are much different from the SBC round track engines. To my knowledge, there are no authorized rebuilders for this program. I have also had the chance to look at a lot of timeslips from this class and have seen nothing that makes me believe that the motors are being tampered with.

[randy wilson]

Dick, I actually like the spec head deal better because of the reasons already stated. Spec you'd be allowed to work on the engine, and the manufacturer could make the call if the heads are illegally modified. But that's just me. Spec head does work in roundy round, and 360 sprints to cut costs. Bash away.