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Mike Dahl · 02-18-2016, 05:01 PM

Granted I have not read the whole thread but where is Detroit on this?

The aftermarket, racing, crate engine programs, etc. etc. etc. would be demolished by this action. Without doing a very deep dive it does not make sense on its face for Detroit to go along with EPA. If that premise is true, this may not be a long lived endeavor... Detroit mostly gets what they want- but not all the time.

Also, the aftermarket parts and racing industry is where almost all innovation comes from that lowers emissions. Racing innovations teach and allow Detroit to build smaller engines so all of us can travel where we need to go. The industry provides and financial ecosystem that was responsible for fuel injection, hybrid technology, variable valve timing, utilization of lightweight materials, and hundreds upon thousands of advances that are too numerous to mention. The people within the aftermarket provide the financial resources and testing ability to sort out the millions of possible combinations required to make something produce more power. More power= more efficiency= smaller, cleaner engines. And there is no doubt that it worked. Am I wrong?

02-18-2016, 05:01 PM	#152
Mike Dahl Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 30 Likes: 0 Liked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: EPA To Prohibit the Conversion of Street Cars into Race Granted I have not read the whole thread but where is Detroit on this? The aftermarket, racing, crate engine programs, etc. etc. etc. would be demolished by this action. Without doing a very deep dive it does not make sense on its face for Detroit to go along with EPA. If that premise is true, this may not be a long lived endeavor... Detroit mostly gets what they want- but not all the time. Also, the aftermarket parts and racing industry is where almost all innovation comes from that lowers emissions. Racing innovations teach and allow Detroit to build smaller engines so all of us can travel where we need to go. The industry provides and financial ecosystem that was responsible for fuel injection, hybrid technology, variable valve timing, utilization of lightweight materials, and hundreds upon thousands of advances that are too numerous to mention. The people within the aftermarket provide the financial resources and testing ability to sort out the millions of possible combinations required to make something produce more power. More power= more efficiency= smaller, cleaner engines. And there is no doubt that it worked. Am I wrong?