JohnW8
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Edited for clarity.
K
No need to edit me. I said "little to no" meaning there is something of value there but not enough to make Chuck any faster than he already is over non guibo-ed cars.
Edited for clarity.
K
as the actual author of the rule (with some edits from chip)...
i did not write it intending to include them.
i do not believe the "allowance" wording includes them.
i do not believe the "intent" wording includes them.
furthermore....i am one of the "objectors" to solid mounts. i've said time and time again on calls that i don't like them, but i'm sure as shit not going to hold up getting an alternate mount rule through if we can't all agree on a wording that we think that is reasonably successful. since i objected, i was voluntold to come up with some wording. i took my best crack at it which is what you see in fastrack, and it went through unanimously.
the reasoning i don't want it is partially because of what jeff mentioned with the stressed member arguement, and the other is a matter of perception. fucking bullshit like those custom bearing mounts that schaafsma has posted has no place in IT just like spherical bearings don't have any place in IT either. do they make any significant performance difference? no. but it's just another item on the list current drivers or prospective drivers see as a hurdle to being competitive. it's a bunch of little crap like this that has at least contributed to the decline in SM.....shock mounts, AFPR, torsen, subframes, etc.
the criticizm of this particular wording is that it's ambigous on whether or not it allows bricks of aluminum on mounts (i don't think it is but whatever....people that want to be pricks and intortutate will do so regardless), while simultaneously saying that there's no advantage to the solid mounts and you wouldn't want to do it anyway. if we at least put the doubt in somebody's mind that they're legal, and that a tech inspector somewhere could DQ them for having the parts.....and keep them out of 99% of cars i think we've done well.
furthermore....i am one of the "objectors" to solid mounts. i've said time and time again on calls that i don't like them, but i'm sure as shit not going to hold up getting an alternate mount rule through if we can't all agree on a wording that we think that is reasonably successful. since i objected, i was voluntold to come up with some wording. i took my best crack at it which is what you see in fastrack, and it went through unanimously.
the reasoning i don't want it is partially because of what jeff mentioned with the stressed member arguement, and the other is a matter of perception. fucking bullshit like those custom bearing mounts that schaafsma has posted has no place in IT just like spherical bearings don't have any place in IT either. do they make any significant performance difference? no. but it's just another item on the list current drivers or prospective drivers see as a hurdle to being competitive. it's a bunch of little crap like this that has at least contributed to the decline in SM.....shock mounts, AFPR, torsen, subframes, etc.
the criticizm of this particular wording is that it's ambigous on whether or not it allows bricks of aluminum on mounts (i don't think it is but whatever....people that want to be pricks and intortutate will do so regardless), while simultaneously saying that there's no advantage to the solid mounts and you wouldn't want to do it anyway. if we at least put the doubt in somebody's mind that they're legal, and that a tech inspector somewhere could DQ them for having the parts.....and keep them out of 99% of cars i think we've done well.
No need to edit me. I said "little to no" meaning there is something of value there but not enough to make Chuck any faster than he already is over non guibo-ed cars.
But it's not just about Chuck.
And it's not just about how his two pound revolving guibo is now a smaller lighter version....
It's about all the unknown parts in over THREE hundred cars on the ITCS.
It's about things like dual mass flywheels, and things none of us can imagine. Suppose there are weird parts out there on a car that weighs 5 pounds and spins. Now it can weigh maybe 12oz, and the result is certainly significant. And it's not on EVERY car....
Jeff says they can list things that need to be left alone, like the flywheel, but lists like that end up being "you can't do this or that, (or the other things we thought of) but EVERYthing else is fair game".
The issue is that we can't think of all the stuff, that may or may not exist, and that may, or may not give specific cars advantages.
1) an aluminum guibo is not legal with the proposed wording.
2) the ITAC is not run from this site.
1) an aluminum guibo is not legal with the proposed wording.
2) the ITAC is not run from this site.
Dude, how about a little productive banter back and forth here?
i've done that before, it's not productive.
i read most of what's here, i put up my position on the issue. anything beyond that with a few of you guys is a total waste of time for me.
1) an aluminum guibo is not legal with the proposed wording.
2) the ITAC is not run from this site.
And while I've tried to say it when I can, let me stress again that Travis is right. The rule does not allow this as presently written, and I'm speaking for ME only, not the ITAC.
But can you agree that some are already considering it a drive-shaft mount? If so, under the proposed wording, you could 'upgrade' it.
The issue most are having here is that you are opening up any 'mount' in the driveline - internal or external. That is for sure unintended. We must bring this thing back to what we asked for. Motor mounts.
Thoughts;Actually, Jake, I think the aluminum one I posted is heavier than the stock. However, I agree that the rule as written, first: does not include the guibo, and second: needs to be rephrased per one Andy and I were throwing back and forth in August of this year. Why would this be inadequate??? CB
"Alternate stock appearing engine/transmission mounts of non metallic material may be used, but there can be no change to the engine’s fore, aft or vertical location. Engine/trans mounts must attach to the engine/trans and the chassis in their stock locations."
A passive mechanical coupling used to support the weight of an engine at it's attachment points to the structure of a car"
Actually, Jake, I think the aluminum one I posted is heavier than the stock. However, I agree that the rule as written, first: does not include the guibo, and second: needs to be rephrased per one Andy and I were throwing back and forth in August of this year. Why would this be inadequate??? CB
"Alternate stock appearing engine/transmission mounts of non metallic material may be used, but there can be no change to the engine’s fore, aft or vertical location. Engine/trans mounts must attach to the engine/trans and the chassis in their stock locations."
"Motor mounts may be substituted with units of alternate material. They may not reposition any component from it's stock location. They must be of stock external dimensions."
It appears that only *I* think it makese sense to be consistent about rubber in the driveline....lol. ...