No, the EPA isn’t making it illegal to turn an old car into a race car - Ars Technica
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Not that is will affect me at this time in my life, but what is correct between the two postings #1 or #2?
Or is it preemptive to keep things in check?
I was thinking of building another track car for weekends. -
It's basically a restatement and clarification of the existing law. I suspect in the end it is going to make little, if any, difference to what people are doing. On the other hand, I'm glad I did what I did to my car before 2018....
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Interesting comment from another location.
"Since the mfg lost their case to keep us from modding cars is this their work around?" -
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The members of SEMA (the Aftermarket companies) will get this shot down.
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That's why we have the option to remove the OEM ECU to and replace it with a ViPEC for racing.
When its time for State Inspection and Emissions you just swap back your ECU. :devil: -
I suspect this has a lot to do with people modding their street cars as they would a racecar -- and driving them on the street. I have known many people over the years that have done that.
It sounds like what the EPA is trying to do is force people to choose between making their car a real racecar, that only gets used on the track, or keeping it an EPA compliant street car. Going to a couple of track days a year doesn't a racecar make.
BTW, if you get to the point with your driving skills that your car is preventing you from turning faster lap times on the track, then you have something to be concerned about. Most of us will never get to that point.
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None of us are professional drivers where we measure things in tenths of seconds.
Rule of thumb with us mere mortals is that if we're consistently running laps within one second of each on a long track, we're maxxed out. That's when it's a good time to make changes to the car. It's not that you can't still improve, but there isn't going to be massive improvement at that point unless you're doing something really, really wrong. -
I get the argument that the EPA is trying to force you to pick one or the other, but the reality is it depends on state emission requirement. In my state, once you buy the car, there is no further testing of it. In other states, it's yearly. It really depends on where you live.