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This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on April 20, 2012.
As of Monday, January 20th, 2025 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModelsRemarks
See PDF1998 through 2002 model year Dodge trucks/motorhomes equipped with a 5.9L or 8.3L diesel enginePowerPack: Add-on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory control module, complete exhaust system, turbine housing, wastegate actuator, intake manifold, dash mount gages, and a new air filter cartridge in stock housing. Stinger-Plus: Add-on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory control module, complete exhaust system, turbine housing, wastegate actuator, dash mount gages, and a new air filter cartridge in stock housing. Stinger: Add-on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory control module, complete exhaust system, wastegate actuator, dash mount gages, and a new air filter cartridge in stock housing. Git-Kit: Add-on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory control module and complete exhaust system. Big Hoss Tuner: Add-on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory control module.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-161-94
  • Executive Order 161-94 / D161-94
  • ARB # D-161-94
  • Executive Order No: D-161-94
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-161-94
  • Resolution D-161-94
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-161-94 PDF

D-161-94 Document:


CARB_D-161-94

                                          State of California
                                   AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                               _ EXECUTIVE ORDER D—161—94

                         Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                                     of the California Vehicle Code

                                ‘Gale Banks Engineering
      PowerPack, Stinger—Plus, Stlnger and Git—Kit Systems / Big Hoss Diesel Tuners

 Pursuant to the authority vested in the Air Resources Board by Sectlon 27156 of the
 Vehicle Code; and

 Pursuant to the authorityvested 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 PowerPack, Stmger—PIus
 Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems / Big Hoss Diesel Tuners, manufactured and marketed by:
 Gale Banks Engineering, 546 Duggan Avenue, Azusa, California 91702, 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 1998
 through 2002 model year Dodge trucks and motorhomes equped wntha 5.9L or 8.3L.
 diesel engine, as listed in Exhibit A.

 The PowerPack, Stinger—Plus, Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems; and Big Hoss Diesel Tuners
 include the following components:

 PowerPack: Add—on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory
 control module, complete exhaust system, turbine housing, wastegate actuator, intake
 manifold, dash mount gages, and a new air filter cartridge_ in stock housing. _

 Stinger—Plus: Add—on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory
 control module, complete exhaust system, turbine housing, wastegate actuator, dash
 mount gages, and a new air filter cartridge in stock housing.

 Stmger Add—on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the factory control
 .module complete exhaust system, wastegate actuator, dash mount gages, and a new
 air filter cartridge in stock housing.

  Git—Kit. Add—on nonadjustable control module installed in senes with the factory control
_ module and complete exhaust system.

 Big Hoss Tuner: Add—on nonadjustable control module installed in series with the
 factory control module.

 This Executive Order is valid provided that the installation instructions for the
  PowerPack, Stinger—Plus, Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems/ Big Hoss Diesel Tuners, will not
 recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications different from those of the vehicle
 manufacturer.

  Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the PoWerPack, Stinger—Plus,
  Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems / Big Hoss Diesel Tuners, as exempt bythe Air Resources


Board, which adversely affect the performance of the vehicle‘s pollution control systems shall
invalidate this Executive Order.                               '

. Marketing of the PowerPack, Stinger—Plus, Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems / Big Hoss Diesel
  Tuners, using any identification other than that shown in this Executive Order or marketing of
the PowerPack, Stinger—Plus, Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems / Big Hoss Diesel 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 is granted based on engineering evaluation and comparative Cold—Start
Federal Test Procedure test, Supplemental Federal Test Procedure test, steady—state tests
and On—Board Diagnostic II (OBD II) system test conducted at an independent laboratory using
a 2001 model year 5.9L Dodge Ram 2500 truck (test group 1CEXAO359BAZ) modified with the
PowerPack System. A comparative horsepower sweep was measured at a maximum gain of
68 horsepower.

Installation of the PowerPack, Stinger—Plus, Stinger, and Git—Kit Systems / Big Hoss Diesel
Tuners shall not block or prohibit the communication of all required emission related messages
from the vehicle‘s OBD II Systems to a scan tool used for the Smog Check Inspection program
in California.

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 POWERPACK,
STINGER—PLUS, STINGER, AND GIT—KIT SYSTEMS / BIG HOSS DIESEL 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 30—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 30 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    ___<—_ C day of April 2012.


                                   ‘‘Annette Hebert, Chief
                                     Mobile Source Operations Division



                 GALE BANKS ENGINEERING — DIESEL TUNERS — D—161—94


                                       Exhibit A

  PN       IDeva                Application
  49242     Stinger _           1998—2003 5.9L ISB MH
  49284    ©PowerPack           1998—2003 5.9L 1ISB MH, Freightliner chassis
  49285    PowerPack           . 1998—2003 5.9L ISB MH, Roadmaster chassis
  492986   Stinger              1998—2003 8.3L ISC MH
  49297    PowerPack            1998—2003 8.3L 1ISC MH
  49320 Stinger—Plus            1998—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab
  49321 Stinger—Plus _          1998—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab        .
  49322 Stinger—Plus            2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 245 HP rated engine
— 49323 Stinger—Plus            2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49330 PowerPack               1998—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram,‘Std cab
  49331 PowerPack               1998—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab
  49332 PowerPack               2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 245 HP rated engine
\ 49333 PowerPack               2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab;, 245 HP rated engine
  49334    PowerPack            2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 235 HP rated engine    ..
  49335    PowerPack            2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 235 HP rated engine
  49351    Stinger—Plus         2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49352    Stinger—Plus         2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49353    PowerPack            2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 235 HP rated engine
  49354    PowerPack            2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 235 HP rated ehgine
  49355    PowerPack           2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49356    PowerPack            2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49357    Git—Kit Systems      1998—2000 5.9L Dodge   Ram, Std cab
  49358    Git—Kit Systems .    1998—2000 5.9L Dodge   Ram, Ext cab
  49359    Git—Kit Systems      2001 5.9L Dodge Ram,   Std cab
  49360    Git—Kit Systems _    2001 5.9L Dodge Ram,   Ext cab
  49361    Git—Kit Systems      2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab
  49362    Git—Kit Systems      2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab
  49363    Stinger              1998 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab
  49364    Stinger              1998 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab
  49365.   Stinger              1999—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab
  49366    Stinger              1999—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram,Ext cab       .
  49367    Stinger              2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49368    Stinger             2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 245 HP rated engine
— 49369    Stinger             2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 235 HP rated engine _
  49370    Stinger             2001 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 235 HP rated engine
  49371 ‘Stinger              ©2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 245 HP rated engine ‘
  49372 Stinger               2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 245 HP rated engine
  49373 Stinger                2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Std cab, 235 HP rated engine .
  49374 Stinger                2002 5.9L Dodge Ram, Ext cab, 235 HP rated engine
  62781 Big Hoss Diesel Tuner 1998.5—2000 5.9L Dodge Ram                 .
  62782 Big Hoss Diesel Tuner 2001 5.9L Dodge Ram           |
  62783 Big Hoss Diesel Tuner 2002 5.9L Dodge Ram





Document Created: 2012-04-24 16:25:31
Document Modified: 2012-04-24 16:25:31

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