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This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on February 26, 2010.
As of Saturday, October 12th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

ModelsRemarks
2006 to 2008 model year BMW M3 vehicles equipped with a 4.0L engine and 2006 to 2008 model year BMW M5 and M6 vehicles equipped with a 5.0L engine.The M-Car Stoker Engine is an engine upgrade package designed to increase the displacement of the stock engine. The M-Car Stoker Engine includes the following new engine components: Crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, piston rings, and an ECU program. M5 and M6 models also get a larger diameter air flow meter. All other components of the engine are stock. The new ECU program is uploaded through the OBD II port. There are no user adjustments. Maximum rear wheel horsepower gain is 50 for M5 and M6 and 40 for M3.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-176-36
  • Executive Order 176-36 / D176-36
  • ARB # D-176-36
  • Executive Order No: D-176-36
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-176-36
  • Resolution D-176-36
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Download: Executive Order D-176-36 PDF

D-176-36 Document:


CARB_D-176-36

                                        State of California
                                   AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                                 EXECUTIVE ORDER D—176—36

                          Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                                     of the California Vehicle Code

                                     Dinan Engineering, Inc.
                                      M—Car Stoker Engine

   Pursuant to the authority vested in the Air Resources Boardby Section 27156 of the
  © Vehicle Code; and                       .                                             —

  —Pursuant to the authority vested in the undersighed by Section 39515 and Section 39516
   of the Health and Safety Code and Executive Order G—O2—003;

   IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLVED: That the installation of the M—Car StokerEngme
   manufactured and marketedby Dinan Engineering, Inc. of 865 Jarvis Drive, Morgan Hill,
   California 95037, 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 vehicle apphcatrons 2006 to 2008 .
   model year BMW M3 vehicles equipped with a 4.0L engine and 2006 to 2008 model year
   BMW M5 and M6 vehicles equipped with a 5.0L engine.

  ‘The M—Car Stoker Engrneis an engme upgrade package designed to increase the
   displacement of the stock engine. The M—Car Stoker Engine includes the following new
  engine components: Crankshaft, connecting rods, pistons, piston rings, and an ECU _
   program. MS and M6 models alsoget a larger diameter air flow meter. All other
   components of the engine are stock. The new ECU program is uploaded through the
   OBD II port. There:are no user adjustments. Maximum rear wheel horsepower gain is
 50 for M5 and M6 and 40 for M3.
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   This Executlve Orderis valld prowded that the installation instructions for the M—Car
   Stoker Engine will not recommend tunlng the vehlcle to specrflcatlons dlfferent from
. those of Dinan Engineering. —

  . 'Chang'es made to the design operatihg
                                    or            conditions of the M—Car Stoker Engine, as
   ~ exempt by the Air Resources Board, which adversely affect the performance of the
     vehicle‘s pollution control system shall invalidate this Executive Order.

   Marketing of the M—Car Stoker Engine using any identification other than that shown in
   this Executive Order or marketing of the M—Car Stoker Engine for an application other
   than those listed in this Executive Order shall be prohrblted unless prior approval is
   obtained from the Air Resources Board.

  | This Executlve Order does not constltuteany opinion as to the effect the use of the
   M—Car Stoker Engine may have on any warranty either expressed or implied bythe —
   vehicle manufacturer


                                             «27.


This Executive Order is granted based on submitted emission test data generated on
one test vehicle modified with the M—Car Stoker Engine. Test results showed that
_emission levels, with the modification installed, met the applicable emission standards
 when tested using the Cold—Start CVS—75 Federal Test Procedure (FTP) test cycle and
 the Supplemental Federal Test Procedure (SFTP) test cycle. Examination of the OBD II
 system showed thatthe supercharger kit did not affect OBD 11 system operation. Results
 from emissions testing conducted at Automotive Testing and Development Services,
 Inc., located in Ontario, California, are shown below (in grams per mile).

    2006 BMW MS                    CVS—75 FTP                        SFTP USO6
                           NMOG      CO NOx HCHO                  NMHC+NOx     CO
    Standards*, 5OK        0.075     +3.4 0.05 0.015                  0.14     8.0
    Device Testw/df _      0.033      0.2 0.04 0.001                  0.13     0.8

*LEV II LEV CVS—75 FTP emissions standards.

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 M—CAR
STOKER ENGINE.

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    Zé         day of February 2010.



                                   7oo3
                                     Annette Hebert, Chief
                                     Mobile Source Operations DIVISlon




             DINAN ENGINEERING — M—CAR STOKER ENGINE — D—176—36



Document Created: 2011-07-20 16:26:50
Document Modified: 2011-07-20 16:26:50

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