An email I have, originally sent by Burt Brokaw on March 30 of this year, says the line requirement is .018 stranded, 60' +/- 1" center-to-center.
The email also says that the engine requirement is UP TO .36. One of my flying friends says that several guys tried to enter their Super Slow Rats with plain bearing .25 engines in SW Sport Speed at Cabin Fever in a previous year and were told by the officials that the event is for .36 engines only. Another friend from So. Cal. told me the original purpose of the speed event was to attract SSR/Foxrace fliers and allow them to enter their racing planes with little or no modification. Go figure. I have also been told that the rules have changed from year to year. I emailed George Brown for a copy of the current rules (after Cabin Fever), per the instructions on the kotrc dot org website for the Cabin Fever contest, and have not yet received a reply.
I am curious if anyone keeps a record for this event. All California speed contests are record-ratio contests, so it might be possible to fly SWSS out here if there is a record for comparison.
Also of possible interest to those who like this type of event, the Northwest now has a local event, F2C Proto, for airframes that look like enlarged 1/2A Profile Protos, running F2C .15 combat engines. I hear that these babies blast off the line like they were shot out of a cannon and reach top speeds in the 100 mph range on 52' lines. Another fun event for speed amateurs.
Kim Mortimore