EPA To Prohibit the Conversion of Street Cars into Race Cars

[Michael Beard]

Originally Posted by Skydog

No, the EPA Didn't Just Outlaw Your Race Car http://www.roadandtrack.com/motorspo...ctually-means/ via @Road

Please refer back to the post regarding EPA's definition of "navigable waters". DO NOT TRUST THEM. PERIOD. The idea that the media just rolled over when the EPA said, "Oh, no, trust us! It totally doesn't say exactly what it says!" They are liars. The language of the regulations is publicly available and plainly states:

"Certified motor vehicles and motor
vehicle engines and their emission
control devices must remain in their
certified configuration even if they are
used solely for competition or if they
become nonroad vehicles or engines;
anyone modifying a certified motor
vehicle or motor vehicle engine for any
reason is subject to the tampering and
defeat device prohibitions of 40 CFR
1068.101(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7522(a)(3). "

Source: https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-201...2015-15500.pdf



Even the article you reference quotes the EPA saying:

This clarification does not affect EPA's enforcement authority. It is still illegal to tamper with or defeat the emission control systems of motor vehicles. In the course of selecting cases for enforcement, the EPA has and will continue to consider whether the tampered vehicle is used exclusively for competition. The EPA remains primarily concerned with cases where the tampered vehicle is used on public roads, and more specifically with aftermarket manufacturers who sell devices that defeat emission control systems on vehicles used on public roads.

Give them an inch, and they'll take every mile.