More Horsepower. More Torque!!

[Roger Heflin]

On Wed, 31 Mar 1999, David A. Cooley wrote:

> >I don't thing any reasonably cam is CARB approved, and are probably
> >not approvable since they do change emissions (at least without a
> >major amount of computer adjustment, which very few (maybe none)
> >outside of the big automakers have the equipment and ability to do.
> >
> 
> Remember though...
> CARB is only for California vehicles...
> CARB approval just means the device doesn't disable any emissions controls
> and that the emissions using such a device do not make the vehicles
> emissions exceed the max allowable for that year/make/model.
> In order to be truly "smog legal" it has to be approved by the EPA and
> that's where the big bucks are needed.

The epa aftermarket rules are less strick than carb (in general) under
epa rules so long as the headers have all emissions equipment intact
an aftermarket part is considered a valid "replacement" part for the
OEM part.   Carb actually makes alot of parts that are completely
legal under EPA runs need more approval.  EPA approval on aftermarket
parts is not nearly expensive, CARB is more expensive.  Now if you are
talking an entire vehicle or a different engine, everything is
expensive, but as I understand it, if it is carb approved, it is epa
approved, since CARB is more strict than the epa rules.

				Roger