Quote Originally Posted by dimviii View Post
engine and transmission why? they will be inspected/rebuild .Electrical parts like fuel pumps/wiring/sensors will be tested if they are ok.Also some mechanicals parts,like calipers,exhausts,turbo,manifolds,springs from suspensions etc.
M sport has the ability and the equipment to check them properly.
there are plenty of spares that can save even from such a crash.And they are not cheap.
do you believe they would take the risk to ruin another rally by using parts that might have undetected failures in them?

just because a fuel pump works fine now, doesn't mean she could break within a few kilometers of special stage. just because the wiring seems fine now, doesn't mean it cant be damaged and start doing faulty things when exposed to heat and shocks.
would you drive a car flatout if you knew that the calipers and springs from that crash are on them? i wouldn't.

metal fatigue and overstressing are weird stuff to calculate. that's why the factory teams replace pretty much everything every service/rally. not because it's broken, but to be sure it isn't going to break untill the next service.

of course it could be that they will reuse those parts, but i find it hard to believe.