To answer your question, IKF has yet to encounter a duplicated seal. The hologram is only one of the determining factors when the subject of 206 seal compliance arises.
If it were duplicated......it would be encountered without recognizing it.
Have 'em dupe the seal and take Shannon's money.There is a seal mfg. company close to my shop that says they can duplicate any seal.
No, I have not. I even offered up a $250 bounty to anyone that could produce such an item. 4 years and no one has came to me yet with one. Lots of people say they can, yet nobody does.
-Shannon
...................... 4 years and no one has came to me yet with one..........................-Shannon
Is there a race which would be worth winning to justify the cost of having these seals replicated? What would it cost to have 2 of these made to cheat up your engine? If you thought it would be profitable to have many produced, how would you market them? I don't think it is so much the seal, but the integrity of the rule package that makes this program appealing. It usually is not hard to notice something is amiss at the track, if the tech person doesn't notice it planty of others do. Usually a competitor doesn't go in and do a little cheat, he goes in to do the cheat that is going to make the difference and they stand out like a sore thumb.
We saw it a competitor in junoir that could not get out of his own way all season, decides to try the senior slide, guess what he is now in the pack and in everybody else way he was noticed.
Not all deceptive acts are undertaken for the sake of profit........some simply for personal satisfaction of fooling those that claim it "can't be done"........or other personal reasons.
I wonder what you would actually do to the bottom end if you could fool the seal police? A stroker crank or hot cam can be found without opening the side cover. I guess you could lighten things or polish them for less friction but any gains you make would be very small. Certainly not worth the trouble of faking the seal.