Question about motor mounts

[RacerBill]

Thanks. Just wanted to be sure what I was reading. I will file that flyer away.

[SPiFF]

The motor mount rule really needs to be changed. You can spend a million dollars replacing every bushing in the car except the motor mounts. How does that make any sense!??! If you happen to be one of those cars that breaks motor mounts all the time, or worse transmission cases like in the Civic EX, you either have to run cheater mounts or take you chances trying to get a stay rod to work. Lame.

[Greg Amy]

The motor mount rule really needs to be changed.

+ eleventybillion. It's really, really, really stupid that we can't change the stock engine bushing insert materials.

And, yes, I've written the letter, 6-8 of them over the last 20-ish years. All rejected.

[kthomas]

Add Z front diff mounts to your letter next time. I'm sure they're just waiting for a big enough request.....snort.

[cjb25hs]

So I take it that the additional urethane inserts that you see in most of the kits that just slide into the original rubber mounts are also illegal. You are not replacing or modifying just adding the urethane material in addition too. Of course it is not specifically listed in the rules as a approved mod. therefore no deal. I really find it strange why we can't get it changed. It's not like you cant buy a full kit for just about every car that is spec'd. I'm sure there are some though. I would imagine the reasoniong behind it is because it would be hard to police and some people would be looking into solid mounts versus inserts versus urethane etc.. etc..

[MMiskoe]

Although I fully agree there should be an allowance for this, with stay rods being free, are there that many situations that a stay rod can't at least help a crappy mount?

+1 on the diff mounts, trans mounts to be included too since many are what hold up the motor.

[Ron Earp]

I really find it strange why we can't get it changed.

Because you are still under the impression that the SCCA is a club by members for members. Once you get that crazy notion out of your head then everything is much clearer.

[RacerBill]

Because you are still under the impression that the SCCA is a club by members for members. Once you get that crazy notion out of your head then everything is much clearer.

Rational reasoning be dammed! We've got to hold that line against the slippery slope!!!!!!! (OK, took my tongue out of my cheek, I can talk normally again.)

It's another one of those things that's right in the middle of the road. We say we want rules stability, but at the same time we say we want change. We probably could have had the little stuff like motor mounts, water bottles, jacking plates changed if we had not allowed big changes like ECU's and threaded body shocks.