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The problem with protesting a fellow competitor is that you have to be sure of what you are going to ask. In historic motorsport, populated by amateur who highly rate themselves, very few have the actual knowledge of the regulations applicable and even considering a homologated car, the knowledge of their own car and form which is the first issue.
However and if you were to measure or weigh a number of standard parts and/or dimensions, you would be surprised as to how many cars are illegal today although standard checks and procedures could have avoided those practices.
If you are into MG B I would love to know who uses the standard lower wishbones, not the one that gives camber and enlarges the track of the car making it illegal, or the correct gearbox, the one homologated and not the one from Moss. More generally, do people know that a flywheel has a homologated weight, that clutch and number of plates are too? These are just a few things. If you were to look into engines, there are heads as per the Alfa example but consider cranks in the English equivalent engines at the moment. These are just a few examples.
The end of the deal here is that with no control, the little issues become a plague and in the end common practices. And when as an example you try and get papers for a car and start being told you cannot use such and such parts but have been racing for some time with it, the issue grows even bigger and who do you think are the bad people? The ones who say you can't.
It's easier to go racing in the historic world of outlaws than getting papers but consider the above...
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