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09-22-2024, 05:22 AM | #1 |
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Cobb Tuning got fined $2.9M: why just them?
There are tons of folks making catless downpipes and tunes, and just Cobb Tuning gets fined?
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09-22-2024, 06:03 AM | #2 | |
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"Signs of potential litigation from the EPA have circled Cobb since 2022, when (...) the EPA placed a major focus on aftermarket companies and emissions regulations (and) several other tuners were hit with large penalties for their role in the distribution of those parts." Last edited by ayilar; 09-22-2024 at 08:32 AM.. |
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09-22-2024, 08:11 AM | #3 |
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Not a political post...
The recent SCOTUS ruling on Chevron vs. Natural Resources Defense Council should be an opportunity for COBB to void this Agreement they were forced to reach with the EPA.
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A manual transmission can be set to "comfort", "sport", and "track" modes simply by the technique and speed at which you shift it; it doesn't need "modes", modes are for manumatics that try to behave like a real 3-pedal manual transmission. If you can money-shift it, it's a manual transmission. "Yeah, but NO ONE puts an automatic trans shift knob on a manual transmission."
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09-22-2024, 10:23 PM | #4 | |
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Not to get political, but it really feels like instead of going after a small number of people and companies modifying cars, the EPA could be doing a lot better at protecting people and the environment by doing something about micro plastics. |
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09-23-2024, 07:08 AM | #6 |
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Old news, but the Cobb State 1 tune ran cleaner than the stock tune on my 2005 WRX (not sure about Stage 2). It was amazing. The place where I got the car dyno'd also provides the sniff-stations with equipment, so they have it there for anyone wanting to see how clean their car runs after a tune (weird that it's mostly idling). Anyway, I agree that there are much bigger fish to fry, and much bigger monies to be had, not sure why they are bothering with Cobb.
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09-23-2024, 08:10 AM | #7 |
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Why aren't they or individual states going after the coal dumping pickup trucks? Not only do they pollute infinitely more, they only exist to inflame, aggravate, annoy, and create dangerous situations.
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As an aside, diesels produce short term pollutants. They dissipate very quickly and break down into harmless constituent particles. They produce a lot less greenhouse gas like CO2, but the EPA has never really liked diesels, and so have effectively regulated them out of the passenger car market in the US. "Rolling coal" is just having too much fuel, effectively running really rich, which i guess is better than running too lean for the motor, but still not ideal.tuning. |
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Diesel soot is a black, carbon-based substance that is a byproduct of the incomplete combustion of diesel fuel in diesel engines. It's also known as particulate matter (PM). They do not breakdown into nothing. It is hardly healthy or good for the environment. According to government estimates, the practice can increase nitrogen oxide emissions as much as 310 times, non-methane hydrocarbons 1,400 times, and carbon monoxide 120 times. No idea where you got the idea that they are harmless. |
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Here's the most backwards logic from CARB
I have a 250k mile old Honda civic 1.6, and I will produce far worst smog if I replaced that engine with a used on with 150k miles on it However, CARB will say I am not allowed to put say a 50k mile newer 2.0 K20 from an RSX since it is not smog legal and so I can forced by CARB to pollute That K20 will most likely cut the emissions, with the correct K20 Cat, by 50% |
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