Why Are They Banning ECU Tuning?
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Published 2021-09-07
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California recently announced they won't allow cars with modified ECUs on their roads. Today we’re gonna take a closer look at ECU modification, figure out the benefits and risks of modifying them, and see how ECU tuning is actually done. California might be on the wrong side of science with this one! Let’s go.
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All Comments (21)
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California in 2002, cops raid your garage for weed "we're just selling ECU's here!" California 2021, cops raid your garage for ECU's "we're just selling weed here!"
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Imagine being the guy who tuned his ECU for less emissions and better fuel economy.
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"what are you in for?" "triple homicide... you?" "tuned my ECU..." steps away
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I have had 1 car with an ECU tune, it got about 15% better fuel economy after being tuned and made about 40% more horsepower.
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I love all facets of the donut channel but one of the best things they do is put the little bar at the bottom of the sponsor ad so you can see when it will be over. Mad props
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Police officer: “Sir step out of the vehicle” plugs into your cars access-port and stares at you akwardly
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"If an ECU tuner wants to make their modification legal for use on CA roads, they have to spend thousands of dollars for certification" Well there it is, the science be damned it's just another soulless money grab by the shitlords in charge 😂
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"If an ECU tuner wants to make their modification legal, they have to spend thousands of Dollars on certification" There you go. Politics and greed trumps all science...
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I see the value of classic cars that are smog exempt getting even higher......
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If emissions are truly their only goal, Cali needs to bring back the tailpipe sniffer. If it runs clean, then it IS clean. Sounds like yet another money grab to me.
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You should talk to some guys who are into "hypermiling" or "ecomodding" to se how they use ecu tuning to increase fuel economy
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Gotta love all those, "Offroad Only" parts for your cars in Cali now. XD
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I live in Washington state. Just two years ago we eliminated biyearly emissions testing because it was a waste of time. With modern ecus so integrated and tracking emissions on their own, virtually nobody failed the test. In reality, a ban on ECU tuning is only targeted at stopping people from adding forced induction to NA cars. It doesn't help anything or anyone.
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The Money Pit episode on installing a new ECU is gonna be really popular soon. It's not ECU tuning if it's a whole swap.
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We’re talking about the same state that bans gaming PCs if they’re between 600 and 1000 watts, California is where freedom goes to die.
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Jeremiah thank you, you are a very good educator. Very cool to learn being new to this kind of stuff myself, makes me wanna get more into ECU tuning!
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.01 % of population is getting 10% worse fuel economy . But driving an escalade that gets 10 mpg is fine.
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California car guys: “DUDE California is so awesome for car culture LMAO” California Government: “Fun is now illegal”
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As Luke said this definitely affects right to repair. I think a video on heavy truck and agricultural canbus systems would be an awesome video. Could talk about how the modularity of everything and protocols compare to the automotive world, diesel tuning, being able to spec a vehicle to a far great extent than cars, the challenges of changing emissions regulations, etc. Lots of ways you guys could go with it
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I still can't figure out why aftermarket companies are still in Cali.
