Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on November 5, 1974.
As of Thursday, November 7th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

Models
1969 and older with engine > 140 CID

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-42
  • Executive Order 42 / D42
  • ARB # D-42
  • Executive Order No: D-42
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-42
  • Resolution D-42
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-42 PDF

D-42 Document:


CARB_D-42

                        State of California
                        AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                        EXECUTIVE ORDER D42    .
              Relating to Exemptions under Section 27156
                          of the Vehicle Code


                 RIVERSIDE PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS CO.
                         "AIR—FLOW NEEDLE"


Pursuant to the authority vested in the Air Pesources Board by Section
27156 of the Vehicle Code; and

Pursuant to the authority vested in the undersigned by Section 39023 of
the Health and Safety Code;                       4
                                                  1

IT IS ORDERED AND RESOLYED: That the installation of the "AMir—Flow Needle"
device manufactured by Riverside Performance Products Co., 1112 West 01ymp1c
Blvd., Los Angeles, California 90015 has been found to not reduce the
effect1veness of required motor vehicle pollution control devices and,
therefore, is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of the Vehicle
Code for 1969 and older model—year vehicles with an engine displacement of
over 140 cubic inches.

The "Air—Flow Needle" device replaces the OEM carburetor idle jets and .
allows air to be bled into the engine through a 0.052 inch diameter orifice.

This Executive Order is valid provided that installation instructions
for this device will not recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications
different than those listed by the vehicle manufacturer.

Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the device as
originally submitted to the Air Resources Board for evaluation that
adversely affect the performance of the vehicle‘s pollution control
devices 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.

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.


 "AIR—FLOW NEEDLE®"                               EXECUTIVE ORDER D—42




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 CQONCERNING ANTI—POLLUTION BENEFITS OR ANY
ALLEGED BENEFITS OF THE "AIR—FLOH NEEDLE" DEVICE.
 No claim of any kind, such as "Approved by Air Resources Board". may be made
 with respect to the act1on taken herein in any advertising or other oral
 or written communication.

.‘ Section 17500 cf the Business and Professions Code makes unlawful, untrue
   or misleading advertising, and Section 17534 makes violation pun1shab1e as
".a misdemeanor.

;se;yyqns 39130 and 39184 of the Héalth and Safety Code provide as follows:

       "39130.. No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or advertise,
       or, except in an application to the board for certification of a
  ~.: device, represent, any device as a motor vehicle pollution control
       device unless that device has been certified by the board. No
     : person shall sell, offer for sale, advertise, or represent any motor
      vehicle ‘poliution control device as a certified device which, in
      fact, is not a certified dev1ce Any violation of this section is
      a m1sdemeanor 100                                 '    tongt

      "39184. (a) No person shall install, sell, offer for sale, or adver—
      tise, or, except in an application to the board for accreditation of a
      device, represent, any device as a motor vehicle pollution control
      device for use on any used motor vehicle unless that device has been
      accredited by the board. No person shall sell, offer for sale, adver—
      tise, or represent any motor vehicle pollution control device as an
      accredited device which, in fact, is not an accredited device. Any
      violation of this subdivision is a misdemeanor."                   c

 Any apparent violation of the conditions of this Executive Order will be sub—
 mitted to the Attorney General of Ca11forn1a for such action as he deems
 advisable.




 Executed at Sacramento, California, this     5    day of November, 1974.




                                    WILLIAM SIMMONS
                                    Executive Officer


                            State of California .
                            AIR RESOURCES BOARD

                             October 21, 1974

                               Staff Report

                Evaluation of Riverside Performance
               Products Company‘s "Air—Flow Needle"
                   Device for Exemption from the
                Prohibitions of Section 27156 or
                           the Vehicle Code



I.    Introduction

      Riverside Performance Products Company, Los Angeles, California has

      applied for an exemption from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of

      the Vehicle Code for its "Air—Flow Needle" device.     This section

      prohibits the installation of any device which reduces the effective—

      ness of required motor vehicle emission control systems.     The spplicant

      is requeéting the exemption_be.granted for 1974 aqd older model—year

      vehicles with engine displacements over 140 cuble inches.


Iio   System Description and Function

      The "Air—Flow Needle" device is installed in the carburetor and replaces

      the OBM idle jets.    The device is a 1—3/4 inch long externally threaded

      hollow rod with a 0.052 diemeter orifice at one end.    .See Figure 1.   The

      OFEM jet is used to determine the location of lock nuts threaded on the

      rod to provide the proper length jet.


      The applicant states that the device will improve fuel economy by leaning

      the air/fuel mixture.


Evaluation of Riverside Performance
Products Company‘s "Air—Flow Needle"
Device for Exemption from the
Prohibitions of Section 27156 of the
Vehicle Code        Do   >                             October 21, 1974



III. > ARB Evaluations

      The "Air—Flow Needle" device is similar in Gdesign and identical in

      operation to a previously evaluated device, the "Econo-Née%dé“.      In

      its evaluation of the "Econo-Née%fi;" device, the staff determined

      that the 0.6 CFM gir bleed capabilities of the device did not

      significantly increase exhaust emissions of 1969 and older model—

      year vehicles with engine'displacements of over L140 cubic inches.


      Recommendations and Conclusions

      It is the opinion 0f the staff that the "Air—Flow Needle" device

      is identical in operation as the "Econo—Needle" device.


      Therefore, it is recommended that Riverside Performance Product

      Company be granted an exemption from the prohibitions of Vehicle

      Code Section 27156 for its "Air—Flow Needle" device for installation

      of 1969 and older model—year vehicles equipped with engine displace—

     ‘ments over 140 cubic inches.


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