Limonaid wrote:bobnowoc wrote:Motor mount doesn't count to the cap...
Mr.Yuck wrote:fixing broken parts doesn't go against the cap.
I don't think this is technically true.
While I am reasonably sure that, at least on a class C car, no BS judge would say anything about it or penalize me for going over budget even if it was pointed out to them, I believe that motor mounts do indeed count toward the cap, at least the captive type that I have where there is no chance of the motor going anywhere because the rubber in the mount is dead.
I'd like to be wrong on this.
By the letter of the rules, 4.2.1 does NOT exempt motor mounts. As a general rule the judges are using a "sniff test" for budget items. Does it make the car faster? (or more accurately, does it make the team think the car will be faster?) Then it counts as a budget item.
Motor mounts are weird. Sometimes they make the car safer (I could point out a certain wrench+strap mount solution from Sputnik/NSF as an counter example). Sometimes they make the car faster, especially in front drive cars where they can accidently be part of the suspension response.
The correct procedure for fixing broken parts is to email Judge Phil (or Judge Eric, I suppose since Phil doesn't know the teams nearly as well these days) and ask for a residual to cover the mounts. If you replaced them track side during a previous race, just have your story ready.
Showing up with brand new motor mounts and no paperwork is asking for special attention during BS.
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