Rolling Coal???

[90503]

Not that familiar with diesel, but this looks like they are serious about emissions (and not just in California) lol...Though it was interesting...

https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/...ent-to-prison/

DIESEL TRUCK TUNER GETS SENT TO PRISON
On Top Of Huge Fines Form The IRS And EPA
by Zac M.
June 30, 2022, 6:21 am

Spartan Diesel Technologies Owner Faces Prison
The founder of a Ford Power Stroke tuning company, Spartan Diesel Technologies, has been imprisoned for selling thousands of emissions-defeat devices, which the Environmental Protection Agency found violated the Clean Air Act. Additionally, he was evading taxes which isn’t exactly a good combination, and the Department of Justice declared Thursday that it had sentenced 35-year-old Matthew Sidney Geouge of Hendersonville, North Carolina, to one year and one day in prison.


The Dangers Of Improper Tuning
Geouge was the proprietor of Spartan Diesel Technologies, which sold tunes for diesel Ford trucks. At one point, Spartan claimed its tunes provided the quickest quarter-mile times for 6.4-liter Power Strokes, according to a retailer of Spartan’s “Phalanx” tuning devices. However, the tunes could generate large amounts of soot from unburned fuel when paired with larger injectors, resulting in a side effect known as rolling coal.

Geouge used company proceeds from selling over 14,000 Phalanx tuners to purchase land, build a home, and buy guns and ammo, according to court documents. Geourge’s activities attracted the attention of both the EPA and the Internal Revenue Service. The IRS issued a violation notice to Geouge in 2015, to which he reportedly did not respond. This was followed up in 2017 with a fine of $4.15 million, leading to Geouge allegedly selling Spartan to Patriot Diagnostics, though the EPA accused Geouge of simply rebranding the business.

[kevint]

Originally Posted by 90503

Not that familiar with diesel, but this looks like they are serious about emissions (and not just in California) lol...Though it was interesting...

https://www.musclecarsandtrucks.com/...ent-to-prison/

DIESEL TRUCK TUNER GETS SENT TO PRISON
On Top Of Huge Fines Form The IRS And EPA
by Zac M.
June 30, 2022, 6:21 am

Spartan Diesel Technologies Owner Faces Prison
The founder of a Ford Power Stroke tuning company, Spartan Diesel Technologies, has been imprisoned for selling thousands of emissions-defeat devices, which the Environmental Protection Agency found violated the Clean Air Act. Additionally, he was evading taxes which isn’t exactly a good combination, and the Department of Justice declared Thursday that it had sentenced 35-year-old Matthew Sidney Geouge of Hendersonville, North Carolina, to one year and one day in prison.

A great way to get on someone's radar.

[pyroguy]

They’ve been cracking down more and more lately about deleting the DEF systems out of trucks and adding “rolling coal” tunes. Ironically, adding the DEF systems actually pollutes more than just letting people roll a little coal. The problem is all of the soot that would have been kicked out with a non-DEF system is collected in the DEF system. Then DEF itself (urea) is burned to eliminate that soot as a black cloud. It stinks to high heaven, especially when you’re regenerating in a confined area, and makes no sense to me to have because you’re still releasing the same material into the air, just more cooked which is because you’re burning an additional substance. So, rolling coal burns fuel. DEF included systems roll clear coal AND burns urea.

[95 imp]

Same thing as EGR.

Introducing burnt gasses into the CC causing lower burn temps and decreased efficiency.

Which means you have to burn more fuel to compensate.