Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on September 30, 2010.
As of Friday, December 27th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModelsRemarks
3950 Cortex2004 to 2010 model year Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep 3.5L, 3.7L, 3.8L, 4.7L, 5.7L or 6.1L vehicles.The Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners are hand held programmers designed to reprogram the FLASH memory chip located in the vehicleÔÇÖs ECU module. The stages of enhancement are: transmission only, 87 octane, towing, and performance. The tuners are designed to download OEM calibration updates, non emission related upgrades, and patches or fixes in the firmware. Emission-related data files cannot be modified by the end user.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-330-10
  • Executive Order 330-10 / D330-10
  • ARB # D-330-10
  • Executive Order No: D-330-10
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-330-10
  • Resolution D-330-10
For Free CARB Executive Order Status verification, email an image of the device Executive Order label as well as the Year/Make/Model and Test Group # of the vehicle to [email protected]

Download: Executive Order D-330-10 PDF

D-330-10 Document:


CARB_D-330-10

                                       State of California
                                  AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                                EXECUTIVE ORDER D—330—10

                         Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                                    of the California Vehicle Code

                                      Superchips, Inc.
                                 Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners

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 Section 39515 and Section 39516 of
the Health and Safety Code and Executive Order G—02—003;

IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLVED: That the installation of the Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners,
manufactured and marketed by Superchips, Inc., 1790 East Airport Blvd., Sanford, Florida
32773, has been found not to reduce the effectiveness of the applicable vehicle pollution
control systems and, therefore, is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of the
Vehicle Code for the following vehiclie applications:

Part #    Device      Application
3950      Cortex     2004 to 2010 model year Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep 3.5L, 3.7L, 3.8L, 4.7L,
                     5.7L or 6.1L vehicles.

2950      Cortex      1996 to 2010 model year General Motors Trucks with 4.3L to 8.0L
                     engines, and 2000 to 2006 model year Pontiac GTOs.

1950        Cortex   2004 to 2010 model yeaf Ford 3.0L, 4.0L, 4.2L, 4.6L, 5.4L and 6.8L
                     vehicles.

3865      Flashpagq 2004 to 2010 model year Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep 3.5L, 3.7L, 3.8L, 4.7L,
                    5.7L or 6.1L vehiclies.

2865        Flashpaqg 1996 to 2010 model year General Motors Trucks with 4.3L to 8.0L
                     engines, and 2000 to 2006 model year Pontiac GTOs.

1865        Flashpag 2004 to 2010 model year Ford 3.0L, 4.0L, 4.2L, 4.6L, 5.4L and 6.8L.
                     vehicles.

The Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners are hand held programmers designed to reprogram the
FLASH memory chip located in the vehicle‘s ECU module. The stages of enhancement are:
transmission only, 87 octane, towing, and performance. The tuners are designed to
download OEM calibration updates, non emission related upgrades, and patches or fixes in
the firmware. Emission—related data files cannot be modified by the end user.

This Executive Order is valid provided that the installation instructions for the Flashpaq and
Cortex Tuners will not recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications different from those
submitted by the device manufacturer.


Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners, as
exempt by the Air Resources Board, which adversely affect the performance of the vehicle‘s
pollution control system shall invalidate this Executive Order.

This Executive Order shall not apply to any Flashpac and Cortex Tuners advertised,
offered for sale, sold with, or installed on a new motor vehicle prior to or concurrent with
transfer to an ultimate purchaser.

Marketing of the Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners using any identification other than that
shown in this Executive Order or marketing of the Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners for an
application other than those listed in this Executive Order shall be prohibited unless prior
approval is obtained from the Air Resources Board.

This Executive Order does not constitute any opinion as to the effect the use of the
Flashpaq and Cortex Tuners may have on any warranty either expressed or implied by
the vehicle manufacturer.

This Executive Order is granted based on previously submitted emissions and OBD II             .
test data that was generated in support of Executive Order D—330—10. The test vehicles —
were a 2007 model year 4.6L Ford Mustang, certified to the Low Emission Vehicle I!
Ultra Low Emission Vehicle (LEV II ULEV) emission standards, with a measured 20
horsepower gain, a 2007 model year 5.4L Ford Shelby GT 500 Mustang, certified to
LEV 11 LEV emission standards, with a measured 55 horsepower gain, and a 2007 model
year 5.7L Chrysler 300, certified to LEV II ULEV emission standards, with a measured 20
horsepower gain.

For General Motors vehicles, Superchips submitted emissions test data generated on
two test vehicles modified with the performance tune. Test results showed that emission
levels, with the performance tune installed, met the applicable emission standards when
tested using the Cold—Start CVS—75 Federal Test Procedure (FTP) test cycle and/or the
Supplemental Federal Test Procedure (SFTP USO68) test cycle. Examination of the
OBD II system showed that the programmer did not affect OBD II system operation.
Results from emissions testing conducted at Automotive Testing and Development
Services, Inc., located in Ontario, California and Quantum Technologies, located in Lake
Forest, California, are shown below (in grams per mile with deterioration factors applied).

2009 Chevrolet 5.3L Suburban, (LEV I} ULEV)
                                     CVS—75 FTP
                           NMOG       CO NOx HCHO
    Standards, UL          0.070      2.1 0.04 0.011
    Device Test            0.033      0.9 0.02 0.001
    Measured horsepower gain 10

2006 Pontiac 6.0L GTO, LEV | ULEV
                                   SFTP USO6
                               NMHC+NOx      CO
    Standards                     0.14       8.0
    Device Test                   0.03       0.4
    Measured horsepower gain 12


The Air Resources Board reserves the right in the future to review this Executive Order
and the exemption provided herein to assure that the exempted add—on or modified part
continues to meet the standards and procedures of Title 13, California Code of
Regulations, Section 2222, et seq.

THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CERTIFICATION,
ACCREDITATION, APPROVAL, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE
AIR RESOURCES BOARD OF ANY CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT CONCERNING
ANTI—POLLUTION BENEFITS OR ANY ALLEGED BENEFITS OF THE FLASHPAQ
AND CORTEX TUNERS.

No claim of any kind, such as "Approved by the Air Resources Board", may be made
with respect to the action taken herein in any advertising or other oral or written
communication.

Violation of any of the above conditions shall be grounds for revocation of this order.
The order may be revoked only after a ten—day written notice of intention to revoke the
order, in which period the holder of the order may request in writing a hearing to
contest the proposed revocation. If a hearing is requested, it shall be held within ten
days of receipt of the request and the order may not be revoked until a determination is
made after the hearing that grounds for revocation exist.

Executed at El Monte, California, this     30        day of September 2010.


                                                        sobot
                                     Annette Hebert, Chief
                                     Mobile Source Operations Division




           SUPERCHIPS, INC. — FLASHPAC/CORTEX TUNERS — D—330—10



Document Created: 2010-10-11 13:14:20
Document Modified: 2010-10-11 13:14:20

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