VPI SDS capacitor question

I don't believe I've experienced any of the issues described. I've always given the platter a finger spin as I turn it on, even before I got the SDS, so that there is less pull on the belt. I still do it with the SDS so that it hardly ever displays 115V; it simply stays at 72V, unless I've had too much Scotch and don't time the finger spin right. It goes to 115V on startup and then 72V after a few seconds.
The only "pop" I hear is when I turn the table off, but I simply turn the volume all the way down before doing it, and no pop is audible. It has become part of the process.

I guess my question is whether I need the capacitor at all, and how do I determine if I actually need it? To put it differently, is my SDS not performing as designed without the correct capacitor?

If it's not broke, don't fix it. If it sounds good, leave it alone.

It was bugging the heck out of me so I did the swap, but I don't think lack of that cap alters performance otherwise.

I just got a response from Mike telling me if there is no problem to leave it alone and count myself as lucky. The obsessive audiophile in me would like to fully understand why my Classic does not have this problem, but I'm going to let it go.

Thank you all for your input and advice.