Modifying CIMs to implode?

[jgannon]

Originally Posted by Al Skierkiewicz

My guess is the answer will be NO modification of motors is allowed. I do not think that they can save enough weight to make it practical to turn down the case, the majority of the weight is in the armature, shaft and magnet assy anyway. My guess is the case is about as thin as it could be now, the company is afterall, trying to make a profit and have already made the determination as to the minimum material the case needs. If the answer comes back that the case can be modified, I can tell you we will experiment with case mods just to be sure that there is no real advantage.

While you're right that the weight savings aren't significant, R31 seems to clearly state that modification of the housing is okay, as ahecht pointed out above. Do you have a counterpoint from the rules that would indicate why a team couldn't do this if they really, really wanted to?