[Vwdiesel] interesting read

[James Hansen]

The last paragraph addressed the California smog check issue a bit, c&p:

"California is requiring a biennial smog check of all 1998-on diesel
vehicles 8500 lb (3855 kg) and under, starting this January. The program
includes exemptions or approvals for aftermarket parts, and the Air
Resources Board has listed many parts to date. The shop test procedure
includes visual inspections for unapproved parts and idle smoking (plus a
snap throttle test for smoke) and an OBD II emissions system check."

 

That the California air resources board would grant exemptions and approvals
for aftermarket performance parts in diesels to me is astounding, and that
emissions legal "tuner modules" are available from Banks is fairly new.  I
was under the impression that most if not ALL of the previous chip
reflashes, nozzle resizing, tuning boxes, and induction system modifications
were punishable by the electric chair (powered by green electricity of
course) in the republic of California.

 

Can't imagine why your computer froze Bill.  The SAE is out to get you, they
know about your Citroen. ;-)

-james

 

From: thadddeus at gmail.com [mailto:thadddeus at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Tad
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2010 1:35 AM
To: James Hansen
Cc: VW Diesel Group
Subject: Re: [Vwdiesel] interesting read

 

Interesting yes, and no offense intended to you James, but the article seems
to be ignorant of the fact that aftermarket performance parts for TDIs are
nothing new.  

 

Well I guess I've never seen a 'ram air' per se, although the factory setup
serves that purpose to an extent.  One could also argue that ram air on a
forced-induction engine isn't particularly beneficial.  

 

Certainly chips, tuning boxes and exhaust systems have long been available
for TDIs.

 

Maybe they just mean that Banks is moving into the TDI arena? 

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:14 PM, James Hansen <jhsg at sasktel.net> wrote:

http://www.sae.org/mags/AEI/7237



Thought some of you might find this interesting.

-james

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