ragingclue asked where SEMA was. SEMA is part of the big money pushing the Recognizing the Protection of Motorsports (RPM) Act. They thought they had a slam dunk and backing they needed to make it a done deal back in 2020. Still nothing about that happening. As Lund Jr said.
The issue is the clean air act isn't going to make exceptions. Heck, they removed some of the hints at racecar status years ago. Even if you get them to add exemptions for racecar and off-road motorsports stuff only, everyone knows that is only a small part of what these tuners and parts are being used for. The RPM act isn't fooling anyone.
for the automotive market, SEMA should provide a study on e85 fuels versus regular gas. If they can provide facts that show emissions requirements are easily reached with e85 tuning I think you might be able to target e85 specific tuning. Even then, they aren't gonna let you fly without proper emissions equipment, like catalytic converters. So you may have to buy a $2500 exhaust with a high-flow cat versus a $250 cat delete to go with your e85 tune. In some cases, the factory cats are not that restrictive anymore. But that might be the only way to stop the cat and mouse game.
Or buy a car that is available all over the world and use a tuner overseas. As that happens now already. Maybe Lund and others can move to Russia and offer their remote tuning services? lol
California sucks for modifying cars. It will really suck if the rest of the country is done in the same manner.