Just a quick question on the Neon motor mount topic, since I don't know the
answer. Do people that drive the car in a "normal" environment have a
problem with their motor mounts breaking, or is this exclusive to people
that compete in their cars?
The reason I ask is that some of these items that we are talking about,
specifically the Porsche chain tensioners have problems regardless of how
the car is treated. If most people, even those that don't compete in their
cars replace in this case chain tensioners because of a specific
non-competitive reason (ie: not having to spend thousands to rebuild their
engine after one of the stock tensioners fails) then that is totally
different from people competing in their Neons having a problem with motor
mounts.
That said, I'm all for allowing certain fixes to cars if they are
non-competitive enhancements to fix a shortcoming to the car. I of course
do own a 911 and am somewhat biased, but that's beside the point.
Ron Bauer
'98 Acura Integra Type R
-----Original Message-----
From: James B Howell <jbho@juno.com>
To: marka@telerama.com <marka@telerama.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Cc: marka@telerama.com <marka@telerama.com>; autox@autox.team.net
<autox@autox.team.net>
Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 12:11 PM
Subject: Re: C&C mods in stock...
>One of the issues overlooked in the "Neons should be able to use
>non-stock motor mounts for durability reasons" argument is the fact that
>a more solid motor mount can translate into a performance advantage, and
>if you do not require an OEM part number on the motor mount then it is
>going to be almost impossible to reasonably determine how much of an
>advantage is gained by the motor mount being used. If you allow just
>Neons to use motor mounts that enhance their performance, then you run
>the risk of upsetting the balance of competition in the class (plus you
>de facto require Nationally competitive Neon pilots to install the most
>competitive motor mounts whether they need to be replaced or not). If you
>don't limit the allowance to just the Neons then you run the risk of
>upsetting all the classes and requiring everyone to spend the extra money
>for more solid aftermarket motor mounts.
>
>These are not insurmountable issues, but once you take a step back from
>the details, it makes sense to leave drivers to make their own decision
>if they want to buy a car for autocrossing that requires frequent
>replacement of the motor mounts or if they want to buy some other car
>that does not.
>
>IMHO, FWIW...
>
>-Brett
>
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