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Originally Posted by Apex Chase
I wonder if that has ever been prosecuted.
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I'm not certain that the law is applied to individuals. The law for removing/altering emissions equipment is taken from the Clean Air Act, specifically
section 203(a)3 which states
"for any person to remove or render inoperative any device or element of design installed on or in a motor vehicle or motor vehicle engine in compliance with regulations under this subchapter prior to its sale and delivery to the ultimate purchaser, or for any person knowingly to remove or render inoperative any such device or element of design after such sale and delivery to the ultimate purchaser;"
So, the ultimate purchaser would be the consumer. It does say that "no person" may alter, etc. after the delivery to the ultimate purchaser. You could, if I read that correctly, be "any person" and "the ultimate purchaser". But I think the law is aimed primarily for businesses.
It goes on in the next paragraph to include manufacturers trying to make anything that is intended to defeat, bypass or render inoperable any part of the emission system. Just ask John Spina of Casper Electronics. Great guy, and the company makes a number of electronic parts which formerly included O2 post-cat sensor simulators (O2 sims). Big Brother whacked him for $74 grand, however, I am not aware that any person that ever purchased or installed the items were ever prosecuted. You can
read the court record here. I understand the items can still be purchased in Canada, because they do not have this restriction.
As to the original intent of this thread, a lot of high flowing catalytic converters today are quite good, and don't steal much power. However, the use of cats and their positive/negative effect is relative to what your pushing through them.