Quote Originally Posted by RichardP View Post
Standard answer. It's not needed. If was made legal, lots of people would think they needed one and lots of money would be wasted. The coolest thing about an aluminum cover is the availability of a drain. As a compromise, they allowed a drain be added to the stock cover.

Richard P.
(The coolest thing about an aluminum cover is the availability of a drain.) not to mention increasing the capacity of the oil, cooling the oil, supporting the bearing caps.

Big brakes were not needed, 260 hp was not needed! But people wanted them so.....the rules are telling us where not to waste our money?