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This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on July 28, 1983.
As of Wednesday, November 27th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModelsModification
45001978-1983 GM heavy-duty vehicles with a gross vehicles weight (GVW) over 8,500 pounds and powered by a 454 CID engine. 1977 and older GM heavy-duty vehicles with a GVW over 6,000 pounds and powered by a 4564 CID engine. 1978-1979 medium duty GM vehicles with a GVW between 6,001 and 8,500 pounds and powered by a 454 CID engines.Replace OEM metering rods with P/N 52P & AX, install water injection and EGR P/N PF7041427

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-112-2
  • Executive Order 112-2 / D112-2
  • ARB # D-112-2
  • Executive Order No: D-112-2
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-112-2
  • Resolution D-112-2
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D-112-2 Document:

CARB_D-112-2

(Page 1 of 2) State of California AIR RESOURCES BOARD EXECUTIVE ORDER D—112—2 Relating to Exemptions under Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code TURBO INTERNATIONAL TURBOCHARGER KIT NO. 4500 {CHEVY/GMC HEAVY—DUTY 454 CID) Pursuant to the authority vested in the Air Resources Board by Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code; and Pursuant to the authority vested in the undersigned by Sections 39515 and 39516 of the Health and Safety Code and Executive Order G—45—5; IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLVED: That the installation of the add—on turbocharger kit number 4500 {using a 1.0 A/R ratio Rajay 301E turbocharger) manufactured by Turbo International of 7091A Belgrave Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92641, has been found not to reduce the effectiveness of required motor vehicle pollution control devices and, therefore, is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of the Vehicle Code for the following General Motors Corporation vehicles powered by a 454 CID engine: ~o 1. 1978 through 1983 model—year heavy—duty vehicles {(GVW over 8,500 1bs). 2. 197§ and older model—year heavy—duty vehicle (GYW over 6,000 Ibs). 3. 1978 and 1979 model—year medium—duty vehicles {GYW of 6,001 through 8,500 TIbs). This Executive Order is valid provided that installation instructions for this device will not recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications different froi those submitted by the device manufacturer. Chanyes made to the desiyn oroperating conditions of the device, as exempted by the Air Resources Board, that adversely affect the performance of a vehicle‘s pollution control system shall invalidate this Executive Order. Marketing of this device using an identification other than that shown in this Executive Order or marketing of this device for an application other than those listed in this Executive Order shall be prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Air Resources Board. Exemption of a kit shall not be construed as an exemption to sell, offer for sale, or advertise any component of a kit as an individual device.

TURBO IHTERNATIONAL EXECUTIVE ORDER D—112—2 TURBOCHARGER KIT NU. 4500 (Page 2 of 2) {CHEVY/GHC HEAYY—DUTY 454 CID) This Executive Order does not constitute any opinion as to the effect that the use of this device may have on any warranty either expressed or implied by the vehicle manufacturer. THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CERTIFICATION, ACCREDITATION, APPROVAL, .OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE AIR RESOURCES BOARD OF ANY CLAINS OF THE APPLICANT CONCERNING ANTI—PQOLLUTION BENEFITS OR ANY ALLEGED BENEFITS—OF. THE TURBO INTERNATIONAL ADD—OH TURBOCHARGER KIT NO. 4500. No clafia of any kind, such as "Approved by Air Resources Board" may be made with respect to the action taken herein in any advertising or other oral or written communication. Section 17500 of the Business and Professions Code makes untrue or misleading advertising unlawful, and Section 17534 makes violation punishable as a . misdemeanor. Section 43644 of the Health and Safety Code provides as follows: "43644. (a) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or advertise, or, except in an application to the state board for certification of a device, represent, any device as a motor vehicle pollution control device for use on any used motor vehicle unless that device has been certified by the state board. No person shall sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent any motor vehicle pollution control dévice as a certified device which, in fact, is not a certified device. Any violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor." Any apparent violation of the conditions of this Executive Order will be submitted to the Attorney General of California for such action as he deens advisable. Executed at E1 Monte, California, this 2Zéy¢i—;;; of July, 1983. DiMllki . D. Drachand, Chief Mobile Source Control Division

STATE OF CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD EVALUATION OF TURBQ INTERNATIONAL‘S TURBOCHARGER KIT NO. 45000 FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITIONS IN VEHICLE CODE SECTION 27156 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2222, TITLE 13 OF THE CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AUGUST 10, 1983

August 10, 1983 EVALUATION OF TURBO INTERNATIONAL‘S TURBOCHARGER KIT NO 45000 FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE PROHIBITIONS IN VEHICLE CODE SECTION 27156 IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 2222, TITLE 13 OF THE CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE by MOBILE SOURCE CONTROL DIVISION State of California AIR RESQURCES BOARD 9528 Telstar Avenue E1 Monte, CA 91731 (This report has been reviewed by the staff of the California Air > Resources Board and approved for publication. Approval does not signify that the contents necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Air Resources Board, nor does mention of trade names or commerical products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.)

SUMMARY Turbo International, of 7091A Beigrave Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92641 has applied for exemption from the prohibitions in Vehicle Code Section 27156 of their add—on turbocharger kit number 45000. The kit is intended for installation on the following General Motors Corporation vehicles powered by a 454 CID engine: 1. 1978 through 1983 model—year heavy—duty vehicles (G¥W over 8,500 Tbs). 2. 1977 and older model—year heavy—duty vehicle (GVW over 6,000 Ibs). 3. 1978 and 1979 model—year medium—duty vehicles (GYW of 6,001 through 8,500 Tbs). Emission test results submitted by Turbo International and generated by the ARB test facility indicate that the add—on turbocharger kit number 45000 will not significantly affect emissions from vehicles for which exemption is requested. Based on the above, the staff recommends that Turbo International be granted an exemption as requested and that Executive Order D—112—2 be granted.

CONTENTS Page Number SUMMARY i CONTENTS i1 I. INTRODUCTION II. CONCLUSION III. RECOMMENDATIONS on IV. TURBOCHARGER KIT DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION n V. TURBOCHARGER KIT_EVALUATION w VI. DISCUSSION mBo APPENDICES 11.

mowerousmespyreuesonsooeeei romoncem secrion EVALUATION OF TURBO INTERNATIONAL‘S TURBOCHARGER KIT NO. 45000 FOR EXEMPTION I. INTRODUCTION Turbo International, of 7091A Belgrave Avenue, Garden Grove, California 92641 has applied for exemption from the prohibitions in Vehicle Code Section 27156 of their add—on turbocharger kit number 45000. The kit is intended for installation on the following General Motors Corporation vehicles powered by a 454 CID engine: 1. 1978 through 1983 model—year heavy—duty vehicles (G¥W over $,500 1bs). 2. 1977 and older model—year heavy—duty vehicle (GYW over 6,000 1bs). 3. 1978 and 1979 model—year medium—duty vehicies (GVW of 6,001 through 8,500 Tbs). Turbo International has submitted data from back—to—back emission tests conducted on a 1982 General Motors Corporation heavy—duty Sferra pick—up truck at Custom Engineering Performance and Emissions Laboratory in Garden Grove, California. Confirmatory tests were conducted on the same vehicle at the Air Resources Board (ARB) laboratory in E1 Monte, California. II. CONCLUSION Emission test results submitted by Turbo International and generated by the ARB test facility indicate that the add—on turbocharger kit number 45000 will not significantly affect emissions from vehicles for which exemption is requested.

III. RECOMMENDATIONS Based on the above conclusion, the staff recommends that Turbo International be granted an exemption as requested and that Executive Order D—112=2 be granted. IV. TURBOCHARGER KIT DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION The purpose of turbocharging an engine is to increase its volumetric efficiency by forcing more air into an engine than it would take in under naturally aspirated conditions. The major components of the Turbo International kit are a Rajay turbocharger model number E10 (now manufactured by Rotomaster) with an A/R ratio of 1.0, a replacement exhaust manifold (right bank), a crossover pipe, an EGR vaIve, replacement primary and secondary metering rods, a carburetor—to—intake manifold adapter box, and a water injection system. The components are packaged with installation hardware and instructions and sold as a kit. The crossover pipe routes exhaust from the left cylinder bank (driver‘s side) to join the right cylinder bank at the Turbo International replacement manifold. The turbine inlet of the turbocharger mounts directly to the exhaust manifold. Intake air/fuel mixture, taken from the carburetor, is compressed by the compressor and returned to the intake manifold through the carburetor—to—intake manifold adapter box. The original primary and secondary metering rods in the carburetor are replaced by metering rods #52P and #AX, respectively. Turbo International, who supplies the replacement metering rods, claims that the new rods increases fuel delivery for proper and efficient operation of the kit. Turbo International also claims that the additional secondary fuel will suppress detonation during power demand operations. — 2 —

Water injection is employed to suppress detonation. Water is piped from a small plastic reservoir through a solenoid to the adapter box. The solencid is activated by a signal from a pressure sensor located on the adaptor box at the compressor outlet. When 1 psig of pressure is sensed, the solencid injects water into the adapter box, ahead of the turbocharger, through a 0.042 inch orifice. Maximum positive manifold pressure is lTimited to 7 psig by the size of the compressor inlet. No wastegate or other active boost limiting device is used. An EGR vaive is mounted on the engine to control NOx exhaust emissions. The EGR valve, part number PF7041427, is furnished by Turbo International to be mounted on the intake manifold {right hand side). The vacuum lHine from the EGR valve is connected to the vacuum/thermo switch located at front, top of the vehicles water pump. Vacuum signal to the vacuum/thermo switch is obtained from ported vacuum source at the carburetor. No modifications to the vehicle manufacturer‘s tune—up specifications are required when the turbocharger kit is installed. All OEM emission controls, including the air injection to BOTH exhaust banks, are left intact. V. TURBOCHARGER KIT EVALUATION A 1982 General Motors Corporation heavy—duty Sferra pick—up truck powered by a 454 CID engine was used for the evaluation of the turbocharger kit. A description of the vehicle and test parameters is given in the Appendices. Evaluation consisted of comparative (without and with the kit installed on the test vehicle) cold—start CVS-75 and hot—start Highway Fuel Economy tests for measuring exhaust emissions and fuel economy. Tests were performed under contract by Custom Engineering for Turbo International and confirmed by the ARB Taboratory.

A synopsis of the test data is tabulated in the Appendices. V. BISCUSSION Heavy~duty engines are emissions tested for certification on engine dynamometers. Because exhaust emission tests on engine dynamometer are more time consuming and cumbersome than chassis dynamometer tests, it was decided that chassis dynamometer exhaust emission tests would be more practical for evaluating the effects the add—on turbocharger would have on emissions. The original design installation instructions of the turbocharger kit recommended that the vehicle‘s carburetor be retained unmodified and the air injection to the right bank be disconnected. As a result, HC and CO exhaust emissions were adversely affected during the cold transient phase of the CYS—75 emisstons test. Driveability problems (stalls and poor acceleration) were a1s§ noted during cold engine operations. In order to improve cold driveability and reduce emissons (to be comparable with baseline emissions), Turbo International installed different primary and secondary metering rods and reinstalled the right bank air injection tubes,. According to Turbo International, the replacement metering rods will increase the fuel delivery and improve driveability. They also claim that reinstalling the air injection, at the right bank, will reduce HC exhaust emissions. The emissions results with these modifications are shown in the tables (Appendices) and superscripted with (2).

APPENDICES

Table 1 Description of Test Vehicle Model Year: 1982 Manufacturer: General Motors Corporation Mode1: Sterra pick=up Engine Size: 454 CID Emission Control: Air injection

Table 2 Applicant‘s Exhaust Emission Test Data Evaluation of Turbo International Turbo Kit 45000 1982 GMC Sferra Pick—up Fue1 Economy Exhaust Emissions (g/mi) (mpg) _Test _ LWE _C00 NOx Urban Huy Baseline 1.62 28.9 5.2 9.2 13.6 Device (1) 2.68 49.5 4.5 8.8 10.2 Device (1) 2.43 44.7 5.2 8.9 10.4 Device (2) 1.52 23.6 4.3 7.8 — (1): Carburetor unmodified, right bank air injection disconnected. (2): Carburetor modified, right bank air injection connected.

Table 3 ARB‘s Exhaust Emission Test Data Evaluation of Turbo International Turbo Kit 45000 1982 GMC Sierra Pick—up Fuel Econony Exhaust Emissions (g/mi) (mpg) Test _HeL _c00 Nx Urban Huy Baseline 1.46 24.3 5.2 10.2 12.7 BaseTine 1.23 22.7 5.4 10.1 12.8 Average 1.35 23.5 5.3 10.2 12.8 Device (1) 4.08 58.3 4.0 9.2 12.3 Device (2) 1.02 12.8 2.3 10.6 11.5 (1): Carburetor unmodified, right bank air injection disconnected. (2): Carburetor modified, right bank air injection connected.


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