Update: This thread has gone wildly off topic. Proceed at your own discretion.
There have been several articles* in the past week about a clarification from the EPA regarding modifying motor vehicles for off road use.
My understanding is that starting in 2018 a tampering with or defeating the emission controls of a motor vehicle even if it is only used off road will not be permitted.
This of course applies only to the USA.
There is confusion about what that will mean in practice.
But it sounds like removing the engine from a motorcycle and configuring it for FSAE would constitute tampering.
Any individual can submit comments on the clarification** but an inquiry from FSAE or SAE would carry more weight.
So the question for now is who should be contacted to have FSAE/SAE make that inquiry?
Otherwise teams (and by extension universities and FSAE) may have a significant liability.
-William
*http://arstechnica.com/cars/2016/02/...to-a-race-car/
*http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...ctually-means/
** http://jalopnik.com/how-and-why-you-...ace-1758288770
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