Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on July 30, 1984.
As of Monday, December 9th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModels
87V10001981-1983 Volvo GL Turbo

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-138-2
  • Executive Order 138-2 / D138-2
  • ARB # D-138-2
  • Executive Order No: D-138-2
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-138-2
  • Resolution D-138-2
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Download: Executive Order D-138-2 PDF

D-138-2 Document:


CARB_D-138-2

                                                         {Page 1 of 2)

                            State of California
                            AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                          EXECUTIYE ORDER D—138—2
                Relating to Exemptions under Section 27156
                            of the Yehicle Code


                            OMNI—~COOL CORPORATION
                           BLIZZARD I INTERCOOLER


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 Blizzard I add—on
intercooier kit manufactured by Omni—Cool Corporation, of 300—B Pine
Avenue, Goleta, California 93117, 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 intercooler models as listed below:

      Model                        Application

     87¥1000                       1981—1983   Yoivo 6L Turbo;
     8701000                       1981—1983   Datsun 280ZX Turbo;
     87M1000                 .     1981—1984   Saab 900 Turbo;
     87M2000                       1979—1980   Saab 900 Turbo;
     8711000                       1983—1984 Ford Thunderbird 2.3 Turbo;
                                   1984      Ford Mustang 2.3 Turbo;
                                   1984        Mercury Capri 2:3 Turbo;
                                   1984        Mercury Cougar 2.3 Turbo;
     8781000                       1984        Dodge/Piymouth Colt 1.6 Turbo.

This Executive Order is valid provided that. installation instructions for
this .device 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 device, as
exempted by the Air Resources Board, that adversely affect the performance
of a vehiclie‘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.


OMNI—COOL CORPORATION                           .     EXECUTIVE ORDER D—138—2
                                                      (Page 2 of 2)




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 CERTIFICATEIOGK, ACCREDITATION,
APPROYAL, 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 BLIZZARD I INTERCOOLER.

No claim 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 viclation
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
    poliution 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 wehicie pollution
    control device 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 deems
advisable.

Executive Order D—138—1, dated February 6, 1984, is superseded and of no
further force and effect.


                          ifornia,   this Z4 *
Executed at El Monte, California, this              day of’@u]y, 1984.



                                      ,:/_,72%%;5e
                                         K. D. Drachand, Chief
                                         Mobile Source Bivision
                                          y


Evaluation of Omni—Cool Corporation‘s Turbocharger Intercooler Kit No.
8781000 for 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt Turbo Vehicles 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 Division

                           State of California
                           Air Resources Board
                           9528 Telstar Avenue
                           El 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 commercial products
constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.)


                           State of California
                          AIR RESOURCES BOARD



Evaluation of Omni—Cool Corporation‘s Turbocharger Intercooler Kit No.
8781000 for 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt Turbo Vehicles for Exemption from
the Prohibitions in Vehicle Code Section 27156 in Accordance with Section
2222, Title 13, of the California Administrative Code.




                              July 5, 1984


                                  SUMMARY



Omni—Cool Corporation has requested an update to the existing Air

Resource Board‘s Executive Order No. D—138—1.   Request is to include

their add—on intercooler kit (Blizzard I kit No. 8781000) for

installation on 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt Turbo vehicles in the

exemption.



Based on:    (1) previous performance analysis of the air—to—air
intercooler; and (2) the staff‘s engineering evaluation of the

intercooler‘s impact on exhaust emissions from vehicles, the staff

concludes that Omni—Cool Corporation‘s add—on turbocharger intercooler

kit No. 8781000 will not adversely affect exhaust emissions from vehicles

for which exemption update is requested.



The staff recommends that Omni—Cool Corporation be granted an updated

exemption as requested and that Executive Order No. D—138—2 be issued.


                                   CONTENTS


                                              Page Number

SUMMARY                                            ;

CONTENTS                                           11

I.        INTRODUCT ION                            1
II.       CONCLUSION

III.      RECOMMENDATIONS

IV.       INTERCOOLER KIT DESCRIPTION

          AND OPERATION

V.        DISCUSSION




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APPENDICES




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          DRAW!ING



                                                  &
          FIGURES

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                                        11.


Evaluation of Omni—Cool Corporation‘s Turbocharger Intercooler Kit No.
8781000 for 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt Turbo Vehicles for Exemption from
the Prohibitions in Vehicle Code Section 27156 in Accordance with Section
2222, Title 13, of the California Administrative Code.


I.     INTRODUCTION

       Omni—Cool Corporation, of 300—B Pine Avenue, Goleta, California

93117, has requested an update to the existing Air Resources Board‘s

Executive Order (E.0.) No. D—138—1.     Omni—Cool Corporation has requested

to include their add—on intercooler kit (Blizzard I kit No. 87B1000) for

installation on 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt Turbo vehicles in the exemption.

II.    CONCLUSION

       Based on:    (1) previous performance analysis of the air—to—air

intercooler; and (2) the staff‘s engineering evaluation of the

intercooler‘s impact on exhaust emissions from vehicles, the staff

concludes that Omni—Cool Corporation‘s add—on turbocharger intercooler

kit No. 8781000 will not adversely affect exhaust emissions from vehicles

for which exemption update is requested.

I1I.   RECOMMENDATIONS

       The staff recommends that Omni—Cool Corporation be granted an

updated exemption as requested and that Executive Order No. D—138—2 be

issued.

IV.    INTERCOOLER KIT DESCRIPTION AND OPERATION

       The purpose of intercooling a turbocharger is to reduce the

temperature of the intake air/fuel charge going into the engine.     This

reduction in intake charge temperature will allow a higher charge density

(more mass of air per minute to flow through the engine) which means more

fuel into the engine at a given intake manifold vaccum/pressure.


      The Blizzard I Intercooler kit consists of a standard sized 63.6

cubic inch air—to—air heat exchanger and 2.250 inch 0.D. interconnecting

tubing.   The inlet and outlet on the upper and lower plenum chambers of

the heat exchanger can be arranged at the factory to allow for either "U"

or "Z" flow—through design depending upon ease of installation.   A

typical "U" flow—through design intercooler is found in Drawing 1.     The

interconnecting tubing varies in length and bends depending upon the

vehicle application.   The most severe bend used in any of the kits is

90° with a 3 inch radius (on center line}.   All bends are made with a

mandrel type bender to lessen shrinkage which would result in increased

flow restriction.   Connectors and fasteners are of a silicone type which

can withstand high temperatures.

      The heat exchanger is normally mounted in the fresh air stream

located near the front of the vehicle.   Inlet tubing ducts hot compressed

air (150—280°F) from the turbocharger compressor to the heat exchanger

inlet where, as it passes through baffles within, the hot compressed air

transfers its heat to the fresh (ram) air causing the compressed air

temperature to drop (50 to 150°F).   The cooled compressed air is then

passed out of the heat exchanger to the throttle(s) for induction into

the engine.

      The Omni—Cool intercoolers are not designed to be used with "suck

through" turbocharger systems, i.e. ones which compress the air/fuel

mixture since the heat exchanger may cause the fuel to condense and

remain within it.   The Omni—Cool systems are designed only to be used

with "blow through" turbocharger systems, i.e., ones which compress the

inlet air only.


Y.    DISCUSSION

      Omni—Cool Corporation is making available an add—on turbocharger

intercooler kit for the 1984 Dodge/Plymouth Colt Turbo vehicles powered

by a 1.6 liter engine.   The kit is similar in design and principle as

their previously exempted intercooler kits for limited Volvo, Datsun,

Saab, Ford and Mercury vehicles exempted under Executive Order D—138—1.

      The applicant previously performed performance analysis on their

intercooler kits.   Results 1nidic§ted that the mean thermal efficiency of

the air—to—air intercooler ranged from 84% (high) to 40% (low) depending

upon the air flow rates (figure 1), and the calculated pressure drop was

1.5 psi at 37 #/min air flow (figure 2).

      In addition, it is the staff‘s opinion that the combustion

temperature will be reduced as a result of cooler intake charge with the

use of the turbocharger intercooler kit.   This reduction ifi combustion

temperature will reduce the formation of NOx gases in the combustion

chamber, resulting in the less NOx emissions expelled through the exhaust

system.
      Based on the above discussion, the staff sees no reason for

conducting emissions testings on a Dodge/Plymouth Colt for granting

Omni—Cool Corporation‘s request.


APPENDICES


                                     Drawing 1
.                              Typical Installation
f                            of a ‘U‘ Type Intercooler
                                                                AIR FILTER


                                                                    I   III

    INTERCOOLER
                                                                              Nce


                                                            EXHAUST
                                                               PIPE




                         THROTTLE

         INTAKE                                          EXHAUST
        MANIFOLD                                         MANIFOLD




                                        ENGINE



      LEGEND

        60—100°r
        ambient air


        140—250°F
        compressed air


        1000—1500°F
        exhaust gasses


              ‘                                 ‘ FIGURE 1                        '        .-j
 RON
/HEAT                                   Predicted Intercooler Efficiency
                       180

                       80

                       go

                       70




BL C Ct Z)
                       60

                       50

                       40

                       30

                       20




t to tu it Hlu ZUO>—
                       10

                        0    I    t                1                 t                 I
                             0   10               20               30                 40
cooling air flow
       30 #/MIN                             |                              15 #/MIN ~~=~<~~~*
"""""" 25 #/MIN                  HOT AIR FLOW LB/MIN                       10 #/MIN tttmtntnttt
— — —— 20 $/MIN                              |                              5 #/MIN ———— ——


                                 FIGURE 2

                    Predicted Pressure Drop
                   of Blizzard 1 Intercooler
PS 1




                        iS            30          45

                 AIR FLOW RATE              15/ MIN
Predicted At:                '
Inlet Air Temp. 280°F
Inlet Air Pressure 28.7 psia



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Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:39:53

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