I personally couldn't care less either way. However, with all the discussions going on about rules literalists and all the horsepucky I find this humorous.

Technically however there is no allowance for it unless it's listed in the FSM, "standard" repair or not. Same with spark plug threads. Same with nitrogen in the tires and a whole lot of other things.

Relax Joe, I'm not looking for a fight, but I find it humorous that we all have things we are willing to accept that are not specifically in "the book."[/b]
Maybe not but it sure looks like you enjoy the crap slinging from stupid little stuff like this. I pisses me off when we want to pick the corn out of the crap for no good reason. Yes this is a performance advantage because it keeps the oil in the crankcase instead of the the track surface. As a member of the ITAC I guess i would expect you to be looking at the big picture and steering people away from these stupid little issues instead of pushing them at them.