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The auto performance industry is sweating on whether the EPA will ban any / all performance enhancing configuration changes to the ECU of vehicles with a VIN.
If the EPA does, then Ford, Dodge and GM Performance would also be required to adhere.
Another of the low-hanging fruit was harvested officially.
www.marketwatch.com
'Polluting the air we breathe': Mechanic sentenced for selling thousands of devices that allowed trucks to bypass emissions controls
Matthew Geouge raked in $10 million for selling the devices which made trucks produce hundreds of times more pollution, prosecutors said.
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You should tell us. And how does this work now, can you just not buy tunes for diesel trucks anywhere legally? Or are the mainstream tuners still doing them but in an "EPA-friendly" way?
If you see anything main stream, it's usually 10x the original costs and probably counterfeit/fake add.
Anything nowadays is a phone number, give your cc to whoever it is, and hope you get an email with a tune.
Up to $2000 per tune.
And some tuners say up to 40 tunes sold per day
Anything nowadays is a phone number, give your cc to whoever it is, and hope you get an email with a tune.
Up to $2000 per tune.
And some tuners say up to 40 tunes sold per day
Let's see if SCOTUS does the right thing, which means FUCK THE EPA and all the 3 letter agencies
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I know nothing about diesel performance, but if they’re tunes that make trucks “roll coal” then fuck em.
Definitely depends on the tuner. I had a solid Sinister tune on mine, and it was like a light haze under WOT. I could have requested a "smoke tune," but more smoke = less efficient, so you're missing out on power by doing so.
I have mentioned this before, I know companies that are based overseas. They sell the software and tunes via the Google store (for now). They let customers use Android-based devices to flash their vehicles. Once Google store cuts them off due to the EPA, they will go straight to email to continue doing the same thing.
I don't know if I'd consider Geouge low-hanging fruit. They allocated a helluva lot of resources to nailing his ass once he tried to be cheeky with the Spartan->Patriot shell game (and this is already after a "successful" lawsuit). Geouge was Spartan and Geouge was Patriot, without him neither would have been anything. The only thing he didn't have in his own arsenal was the hardware to deliver tunes. This investigation/pursuit took years and lots of armed jackboot business raids (these turds all showed up armed and with vests on too... but at least no dogs were shot that I know of). If we were to see the actual taxpayer bill for it all, I'm sure it'd be an astronomical number. E-Motion would still be around if not for active involvement in that transition, but it probably wasn't a very good idea to help EPA's Public Enemy #1 give them the finger at that point in time.Another of the low-hanging fruit was harvested officially.
'Polluting the air we breathe': Mechanic sentenced for selling thousands of devices that allowed trucks to bypass emissions controls
Matthew Geouge raked in $10 million for selling the devices which made trucks produce hundreds of times more pollution, prosecutors said.
I guess somebody once said, "don't back no losers, don't tell no lies." Sound advice. And just like it always is, hindsight is 20/20.
I figured he had made a lot more than $10M in that time but I guess that's still a very large number.
I just checked out the article. Guy was clearly a dumbass, didn't file taxes some years, was warned all the way back to 2015.Another of the low-hanging fruit was harvested officially.
'Polluting the air we breathe': Mechanic sentenced for selling thousands of devices that allowed trucks to bypass emissions controls
Matthew Geouge raked in $10 million for selling the devices which made trucks produce hundreds of times more pollution, prosecutors said.
"Geouge was warned numerous times over the years to stop selling the devices, but never did. The first warning came in 2015 when the EPA issued a stop-sale citation. Just two years later, the EPA hit him with a $4 million fine, which resulted in him selling Spartan Diesel Technologies. It gets better because of course Geouge was also not filing taxes. The IRS says he didn’t file between 2015 and 2019.
After pleading guilty in the case against him for tax evasion and violating the Clean Air Act, Geouge faces three supervised years of release, six months of home confinement, a $1.3 million penalty to the EPA, and $1.2 million in restitution to the IRS. Three of his conspirators all received the same probation and home sentences as well as fines ranging from $10,000 to $150,000."
After pleading guilty in the case against him for tax evasion and violating the Clean Air Act, Geouge faces three supervised years of release, six months of home confinement, a $1.3 million penalty to the EPA, and $1.2 million in restitution to the IRS. Three of his conspirators all received the same probation and home sentences as well as fines ranging from $10,000 to $150,000."
So as long as you hack your own computer and don't tell anyone about it or sell that modification to anyone else you're perfectly legal
I'm fairly sure that they removed the ability to tamper with any emissions components but I haven't messed with anything but my own pile to know for sure
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