I believe the Government itelf is a real obstacle - especially Calif govts. Basically, the laws that make the individual hotrodder (the guy they should be befriending) and instead alienate him with every imaginable criteria and guilt from smog referees. That is a$$ backwards to what should be going on.
They have now turned their greatest asset into their enemies - if you read some of the posts of guys upset about cats.
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My biggest pet peeve is people removing cats from their car and adding low restriction muffler. Why not run no muffler and cats, net gain of flow is exactly the same or better, sound deadening is exactly the same or better but at least you aren't killing our air. ...EarlyPorsche
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If the little guy was actually 'encouraged' to alter designs and 'encouraged' to experiment with a simpler and cleaner and lighter setup - much more progress would be achieved in a much
shorter time. For example, ENGINE SWAPS. Again, the attitude SHOULD be to encourage various swaps of all kinds WITHOUT all the bureaucratic nonsense and such that the little guy has to confront.
Apparently, you can't even register a new TDI in Ca. - even though they get fantastic mileage. Go figure... So you have these
agencies stifling creativity and putting thousands and thousands of new laws and restrictions on the books - instead of offering support to HELP someone with any conversion they desire. And if the laws offered a tax cut for any individual who kissed his orig motor goodbye and simplified the design - especially to an efficient higher milage motor - that would do
much more than referees looking for "original cats in place" under the vehicles. In fact - it's THAT police state behavior which is actually a root cause to entrepreneurial design and innovation.
Think of the E A A. for a minute. (Experimental Aircraft) Do you think any of the individual innovations in aircraft would take place if they had lacked the freedom to experiment with multitudes of engineering ideas and innovation ?
Anyway, enough of the rant....since I guarantee you will NOT be hearing about the 'absence' of hotrodding in any of the coming elections. Can you ever imagine hearing Hillary or other politician speaking on behalf of that argument ? LOL.
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