Aaron Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I think someone finally pissed the EPA off, big time. http://www.hsperformance.com/press-release/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted November 15, 2012 Share Posted November 15, 2012 I would love to know more details. I have been waiting for the EPA to start looking at all of the tuners and EGR delete products out there. Just because the product comes with a printed statement that "this product is intended for off-road use only" is bullshit in my opinion because we all know that most of these products on in use every day on trucks on the roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 15, 2012 Author Share Posted November 15, 2012 http://www.competitiondiesel.com/forums/showthread.php?t=42860 This has been referenced recently, but the thread is 4 years old and was closed in 2008. A good friend of mine supplements his income by writing software for H&S, I will see what other kinds of insight he can shed on this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted November 17, 2012 Share Posted November 17, 2012 I would love to know more details. I have been waiting for the EPA to start looking at all of the tuners and EGR delete products out there. Just because the product comes with a printed statement that "this product is intended for off-road use only" is bullshit in my opinion because we all know that most of these products on in use every day on trucks on the roads. My limited experience with these products - while I have worked on many tuner equipped trucks, I have only reinstalled DPF delete software on one truck. This software installation process delivered three sets of warnings consisting of three warnings per set about the legality of the software and, by association, the hardware that went along with it. Let's, for a few moments, forget about the trucks and products and consider the people. Be it the purchaser, the installer, the retailer, the manufacturer.... (and the manufacturer is, not all that oddly, the least culpable step in the process - guns don't kill people - people do that but they sometimes use guns to do it).... nothing more or less than a lawbreaker, a liar, untrustworthy, disrespectful - need I go on? All of these people will bristle at being called by any one or more of these descriptors. "I'm honest", "Trust me...", "I'm a God fearing Christian..." - yet they will <ENTER> their way past all of the warnings, caveats and disclaimers on their way to installing their toys. While I will applaud any governing body that will find ways to enforce their own rules, I have to wonder about the people that choose to break the rules that most of us accept as "the way it is". And it is important to remember that "the way it is" in these cases is for the betterment of our existence and the existence of generations to come. Some of my peers look at me strange because I replaced the DPF on my sons truck.... they think I am odd because I did the RIGHT thing. How fucked up can that be? I recently came across a starter missing the "hard" bolt to get at. Someone asked me what "the big deal" was all about. I mentioned that the missing bolt was what separated the professional technician from the "hack". Once again - from the top. We are keepers of the public trust. We are expected to perform our duties - make our repairs, in compliance with accepted industry practices and within legal guidelines. If we cannot do that, we are unworthy of any trust or respect that we insist is our due. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 I honestly FORGOT to put the top bolt in a starter once when I was doing an engine swap, because I got called away when I was installing the starter (likely to answer some dumbshit's question on the fucking PHONE), when I came back I lowered the truck (F-150) and hit the key. That starter was UNHAPPY about that bolt bein missing. Was the missing bolt truck noisy Jim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Warman Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Nope - just needed to get it out of the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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