Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on February 5, 1992.
As of Thursday, December 5th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Part NumberModels
41100S1955-1980 GM vehicles with Chevrolet 8 cylinder engines

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-221-7
  • Executive Order 221-7 / D221-7
  • ARB # D-221-7
  • Executive Order No: D-221-7
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-221-7
  • Resolution D-221-7
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-221-7 PDF

D-221-7 Document:


CARB_D-221-7

                                                                      (Page 1 of 3)

                                   State of California
                                   AIR RESOURCES BOARD


                               EXECUTIVE ORDER D—221—7
                     Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                                   of the Yehicle Code


                            AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION
                        ACCEL 41 SERIES BREAKERLESS DISTRIBUTOR
                        PART NOS. 411005, 412015, 412025, 413018


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 §—45—5;

IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLYED: That the installation of the ACCEL 41 Series
Breakerless Distributor (mechanical advance only), manufactured by Automotive
Controls Corporation, 175 North Branford Rd., Branford, CT 06405, has been found
not to reduce the effectiveness of required motor vehicle poliution control
devices and, therefore, is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of the
Vehicle Code for the following vehicle applications:

           PartNo                   -         —         Yehicles
            41100S                            3955-1980 General Motors vehicles
                                              iequipped with Chevrolet 8 cylinder
                                              iengines.

            412015             |              1962—1981 Ford Motor Company vehicles
                                              equipped with 221, 260, 289 and 302 CID
                                              engines {except those with electronic
                                              engine control).

            412025                                1968—1981 Ford Motor Company vehicles
                ’                                 equipped with 351C, 400, 429 and 460
                                                  CID engines {except those with
                                                  electronic engine control).


            41301$                                1965—1987 Chrysler Corporation vehicles
                                                  equipped with 273, 318, 340 and 360 CID
                                                  engines (except those with electronic
                                                  spark timing).

This exemption shall not apply to any device, apparatus, or mechanism advertised,
offered for sale or sold with, or installed on, a motor vehicle prior to or
concurrent with transfer to an ultimate purchaser.


AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION                               EXEIJTIVE ORDER D—221—7
                                                              (Frze 2 of 3)


This Executive Order is valid provided that installation i—structions for this
device wil} not recommend tuning the vehicle to specificatcsns different from
those submitted by the system manufacturer.

Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the savice, as exempted by
the Air Resources Board, that adversely affect the performsce of a vehicle‘s
pollution control system shall invalidate this Executive C—zer.

Marketing of this system using an identification other ther that shown in this
Executive Order or marketing of this system for an application other than those
listed in this Executive Order shall be prohibited unless stior approval is
obtained from the Air Resources Board. Exemption of a kit shall not be construed
as exemption to sell, offer for sale, or advertise any corssnent of a kit as an
individual device.

This Executive Order does not constitute any opinion as tc the effect that the
use of this device may have on any warranty either express:i or implied by the
vehicle manufacturer.

THIS EXECUTIVE ORDER DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A CERTIFICATION, ZCREDITATION,
APPROVAL, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF ENDORSEMENT BY THE AIR RESC.RCES BOARD OF ANY
CLAIMS OF THE APPLICANT CONCERNING ANTI—POLLUTION BENEFITS TR ANY ALLEGED
BENEFITS OF AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION‘S ACCEL 41 SEFZIIS BREAKERLESS:
DISTRIBUTOR, PART NUMBERS 411005, 412015, 41202$ AND 4130:;.

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

Section 17500 of theJBus1ness and Professions Code makes w:rue or misleading
advertising unlawful, and Section 17534 makes violation purishable as a
misdemeanor .

Section 43644 of the Health and Safety Code provides as f:"%ows:

                "43644,   ({a)   No person shall install, sell, s"er for sale, or
                advertise, or, except in an application to the state board for
                certification of a device, represent, any dev‘:s as a motor vehicle
                pollution control device for use on any used mczor vehicle unless
                that device has been certified by the state br:td.   No person shall
                sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent smy motor vehicle
                pollution control device as a certified device which, in fact, is not
                a certified device.    Any violations of this su:iivision is a
                misdemeanor ."                 —


AUTOMOTIVE CONTROLS CORPORATION                      EXECUTIVE CSA0ER D—221—7
                                                     (page 3 of 3)




Any apparent violation of the conditions of this Executive Orfer will be
submitted to the Attorney General of California for such acticn as he deems
advisable.
                                             —f4.—
Executed at E1 Monte, California, this   h:é    day of February, 1992.




                                  Mobile Source Division



Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:42:21
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:42:21

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