So going by the rule, as it is written, IF I machine the intake surface around the valve cover bolt and the valve cover bolt threads are untouched, but the intake surface itself has been completely machined away and a new intake surface rigged up to work behind the valve cover bolts, with the intake machined to match this new head intake surface, is this legal? Not in the spirit of the rule, I know, but I do not see where it states the intake has to be completely flat along the surface. Or did I miss this? By the letter of the rule, this would seem to be legal unless it states the head surface has to be completely flat the entire length of the head-intake surface.
Not trying to point fingers at anyone, but it looks like that is what was done on the picture of the Camo head (I am probably wrong). A friend that builds SB Chevys does this and has never been busted.
Seems like it would make some GM & Ford heads illegal too.