Topic: Fluids
Do fluids count to the 500?
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Do fluids count to the 500?
Beer doesn't
anything that is considered consumable typically isn't. You know things like gas, oil, water, blinker fluid.
Thanks, when our brakes catch on fire the brake fluid will burn so we can call that a consumable I guess.
Brakes count as safety gear, so you're golden on that anyway.
consumable does not mean combustible.
but for argument's sake our whole car is combustible and a consumable
The whole electrical system in any Italian car is by this method fully consumable. A few others pop to mind as well.
GA16 Sentra alternators and any Xact spark plug wires PERIOD are more consumable than, say, engine oil.
One race, our pit instructions near the end of the race were to check the gas and top off the brake fluid.
Just a thought. Are head gaskets considered "consumable"?
On a few cars I've seen, it could be argued that entire engines are consumable!
Do fluids count to the 500?
Serious answer - no.
Silly answer - do you really think it matters? I've been in a car with serious as hell, expensive as hell synthetic motor oil... and a washer blew up the car. (A WASHER! No roundy roundy because of a $0.40 part!) And I've been in a car that was put together in a day and then run on cheap as hell, organic as hell motor oil... (W30. Not 10 - W30. Just W30) and it didn't blow up despite our best efforts.
So do whatever moves you.
Thanks,Silly or serious its all appreciated. wasn't so much a performance question as a book keeping one. Its our first Lemons race and our budget is tight, so if we add fresh oil and brake fluid to the build cost its puts us over 500, which we would like to avoid. Just want to show up at bs with our numbers straight.
can't wait for Hoopties!
Brake fluid is part of the brakes so doesn't matter, and I seriously doubt the judges ever look at the oil to see how old it is, unless they feel like really sweating you in bs, in which case they might but still not care.
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