EPA To Remove Automotive Emissions Regulations from Federal Enforcement
(justthenews.com)
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I think this may be really huge. This is the scam claim that C02 is a pollutant. This could eliminate the whole "carbon" fear-mongering scam. No more "carbon-footprint" or fiddling with "carbon credits".
God's green earth converts carbon dioxide into oxygen through photosynthesis that occurs at night.
AMEN
Photosynthesis happens during the DAY, it requires sunlight to work. Actually plants consume a small amount of oxygen 24/7, it's only that during the day they convert CO2 and make much more O2 than they consume.
Thanks for the correction.
Bring back the $17k truck with power nothing except for the drivetrain im sick of the tech and bloat
AC and cruise control are the only things I would want. Oh, and a good heater for winter. And, take all the spyware out of it, too.
That’s why God made wives…to help backing.
and dishes
Well yeah of course…duh
I remember when my state had one of those EPA stations your car had to go through, pass before you could renew your license plates. Due to the catalytic converter being bad, my car ran like shit, so I had it removed. My car passed this stupid EPA station for 3 years with no catalytic converter on it. Its all a scam!
Now replace it with regulation on headlight color temperature so I stop getting eye-fucked at night by white LEDs.
Headlights are already restricted to white or amber. Sounds like your have a deficiency in lutein and zeaxanthin .
Might explain why all of the foods high in those two things are delicious to me - thanks
Now PLEASE remove the fucking planes spraying stuff that is killing trees...mine!!
This is a great step, as long as the democrap-ruled states follow suit.
a tree planted near the highway would be better fed then a tree planted in nature.
In general I don't believe that vehicle emission controls have made things better. You can't stand near the exhaust of a modern car. It will stink you out. On the other hand, a WWII aircraft (radial or V-12), makes no difference. They smell good, when they run. And, they might only have about a 6" long exhaust. Not to mention no electronics.
I grew up in Los Angeles (a long time ago) and there were days when we had tears running down our cheeks from the stinging smog.
Alabama has no State Inspection, so this does nothing for me lol.
Still does if you've bought a car after the rules came out, these regulations have affected all new production cars since '09.
I had three different diesel vehicles before the DEF regulation, loved all of them. I now have one that requires DEF, and I hate that crap. It has to be more toxic to the environment than the emission. Spill a little on your vehicle or on you concrete garage floor and see what I mean.
Ironically enough, it makes for good cheap fertilizer for grass lol
It's urea, same as in ordinary piss.
yup, 2 ingredients, urea and water in a particular concentration. no reason to get anything but the cheap one, because the ingredients are the same. don't piss in the DEF fill, its not the right concentration.
You don't know how much water I drink.
the containers don't say whether the concentration is w/w, w/v or v/v, otherwise, i'd be making the shit and selling it for $10 a gallon
Diesel engines don't do too well when it's having to cope with emissions devices. I personally believe that there should be exemptions on all diesel engines when it comes to smog equipment. Maybe the use of only catalytic converters might be the exception. You'll never see diesel motors with 1 million miles on them with modern emission equipment hanging on them.
The soot from the egr kills them. Add to that the extended oil change intervals and you are wearing engines out prematurely. There is a secondary, ultra fine filter that can be added to the oil system that filters out the soot. It's supposed to really help.
I recently bought a 1998 dodge diesel 3/4 ton. No EGR, no cat, no electronics on the engine. The last year of mechanical injection. I'm surprised at the relative cleanliness of the oil, for a diesel. 299,000 miles on it and it runs great.
12 valves? Is there a dash left?
Those are known to be 1 million mile engines. You can tune those and get monster torque out those engines.
Yes, the dash is fine. I'm aware of the longevity and the power potential. That's why I wanted one.
Very nice.
I have been dd'ing the same unicorn 98 12v for 7 years now. I do not believe there is a better pickup in existence after owning one.
I don't see the complete picture with this suggested new rollback but the question is can you go retro on the newer vehicles by removing the emission systems but if it's tied into the computer such as the use of def fluid or DPF it will cripple the vehicle when the sensors show there's alteration.
It's becoming harder to find the older diesel trucks and I'm referring to 2500 series 2006 and 2007 Duramax classic chassis and the Dodge Cummins 2005 with a 5.9 diesel motor and going back to the 7.3 2002 and older Ford diesels
You have to pick a lane...
1) Leave it stock and continue to put filtered cow piss in the DEF tank.
Upside: Every dealer will service it no problem.
Downside: DEF & clogged particulate filter$$$, shorter engine longevity
2) Pull ALL the emissions crap off if it and buy a good programmer/tuner.
Upside: More power, fuel economy and no more DEF bs, longer engine life
Downside: Most dealers (right now anyway) won't touch it. They're not equipped to diagnose anything outside of jacking into the ALDL and running diagnostics. AND in many cases, your warranty is voided.
Other downsides: Unintentionally rolling coal, nasty acrid diesel smoke when cold/starting up in winter, increased "smells like an old diesel" smells. Truck, depending on what it is, will be worth less. You won't even get trade-in book value since it'll most likely either not be taken on trade in or go straight to the auction. They have no idea what they'd be getting with no factory diagnostics.
One more: You're going to hurt it or blow it up with no torque management.
Then there's the law of unintended consequences: Every little dbag who gets a diesel will be yanking the emissions crap and rolling coal EVERYWHERE. Yeah okay, I'm all for more power, but I sure as hell don't want to be smelling that bullshit or see black clouds all over the place... Same with non-catalyzed gas cars...I REALLY don't miss smelling and TASTING raw exhaust (unless it's race gas...yum) but seriously... just leave it the hell alone. And put mufflers on your truck asshole...loud is just annoying AND it actually makes less power...
If you're a good mechanic and know how to program without blowing it up, deleting might be okay IF and that's a BIG IF you're going to keep it until it's ready for the junkyard.
Otherwise... you need to ask yourself of you really want that in your life - a Frankenstein, no dealer will touch and being completely ON YOUR OWN to figure it out when it breaks. You have to think about it.... it's very similar to a classic car or hotrod. It's most likely NOT going to be "stock reliable" because unless you can control yourself, you're going to do dumb shit like cranking up the boost too much and kill the motor OR wipe out the transmission 2 weeks after you delete because you've got a lot more power now...
AND... very few understand the fact that they put a SHIT TON of torque management into the stock tune to A) Keep you from wrapping it around a pole and B) To extend the life of the trans and rear. These turbo diesels are advertised as having WAY more power than they REALLY DO on the road, because they pull so much out of it to keep it together...If you start messing with that .... that's when the teardrops start fella....
Don't say nobody didn't tell you...
Thanks for the advice. Remove smog devices, install a good tuner then do a moderate tune and enjoy the truck.
The DEF dependent diesel pick up trucks can be reprogrammed (chipped) to not need DEF fluid.
What about DPF?
Mmm...😋😋😋 Delicious UREA
It will change a LOT. People don't realize how much cars have been shitified over the last fifteen years because of the progressive march of regressive CO2 policies.
Ford stopped making real cars (instead making "crossovers" that could be classified as SUVs for the emissions allowances).
They forced a 5k jump in engine cost for a few years by mandating a certain mix of vehicles be flex fuel.
The last five years has seen cars with decent engines get more and more expensive because the OEMs need the majority of people to buy the shitty 4 cylinder units to meet fleet standards for the production year.
They shrank and then eliminated 8 cylinder gasoline engines, except on the largest of trucks and SUVs in the highest priced packages.
6 cylinder engines were shrunk to 2.5 liter and smaller, putting multiple turbos on them to try and eek enough performance out of them to allow a net reduction in emissions.
CVTs are fake-geared so that people can't use them to their potential, instead causing "shift pauses" (to mimic standard and automatic shifting so that people back off the accelerator) at certain performance thresholds to keep emissions down.
It's because if you want an engine with displacement, you need to have something to carry. For about 7 or 8 years, the OEMs would make their vehicles larger to use the same size engine. Then the regulators got wise and closed the loophole.
There's still a bunch of V8 coupes and sedans that you can buy.
Off of the top of my head, the only two that are priced like the average person can buy them are the Camaro (v8 starting around 42k) and the Mustang (v8 starting around 55k). The rest of them are high level trims that start at 70k+.
But those are going away, too. I think by 2027 the Mustang will be v6 only and I've heard similar about the Camaro.
Otherwise, yes, you can get Lexus, BMWs, Cadillacs, and etc luxury brands with V8s if you want to pay through the nose for them. I don't spend a lot of time on the luxury brands, so I couldn't tell you if they are going to be trimmed also.
You can delete the smog pump from vehicles. You just need a new belt size
For sure it would be worse if states all set their own regulations.
Calirado should then stop the emissions test crap and tax they illegally subject us to.