500+ci Builder

IQ52 said
Did I cheat? Now we're having some fun. Nope! But I did get penalized, as per the rules, for spending too much money. Had I not spent the extra money, the engine would have been completely destroyed when Comp Cams forgot to turn on the water to the engine for the dyno runs. As it was we had to rebuild the heads and run with collapsed rings and bent valves the next day. Still she made 730 HP in that condition.

If I remember correctly, if you went over the $5.5k you was penalized X amount of HP per $100 or something like that. Being penalized still defined you as playing inside the rules. Had a tough brake. I thought you were referring to folks using bogus parts invoices etc.