Approval Details

Valid E.O.

Validity

This Executive Order approved the specified parts on on September 28, 2000.
As of Friday, December 6th, 2024 this Executive Order has not been overturned or superceeded.

Approved Parts

ModelsModification
1997 through 2000 model-year CorvettesThe Corvette Exhaust Header is manufactured out of 16 gage stainless steel. It is a shorty design that bolts up to the stock connecting pipes. The oxygen sensor is located at the collector of the header.

This Executive Order may be listed as:
  • C.A.R.B.E.O. D-506
  • Executive Order 506 / D506
  • ARB # D-506
  • Executive Order No: D-506
  • C.A.R.B. No. D-506
  • Resolution D-506
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Download: Executive Order D-506 PDF

D-506 Document:


CARB_D-506

                                                                           (Page 1 of 2)



                                       State of California
                                   AIR RESOURCES BOARD



                                  EXECUTIVE ORDER D—506
                          Relating to Exemptions Under Section 27156
                                       of the Vehicle Code


                                   B&B FABRICATION, INC.
                                   Corvette Exhaust Header

 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 G—45—9;

T IS ORDERED AND RESOLVED: That the installation of the Corvette Exhaust Header,
manufactured and marketed by B&B Fabrication, Inc., 23045 North 15th Avenue, Phoenix,
Arizona 85027 has been found not to reduce the effectiveness of the applicable vehicle
pollution control system and, therefore, is exempt from the prohibitions of Section 27156 of
the Vehicle Code for 1997 through 2000 model—year Corvettes.

 The Corvette Exhaust Header is manufactured out of 16 gage stainless steel. It is a shorty
 design that bolts up to the stock connecting pipes. The oxygen sensor is located at the
 collector of the header.

This Executive Order is valid provided the installation instructions for the Corvette Exhaust
Header will not recommend tuning the vehicle to specifications different from those of the
vehicle manufacturer.

This Executive Order shall not apply to any Corvette Exhaust Header advertised, offered for
sale, sold with, or installed on a motor vehicle prior to or concurrent with transfer to an
ultimate purchaser.

 Changes made to the design or operating conditions of the Corvette Exhaust Header, 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 Corvette Exhaust Header using any identification other than that shown in
 this Executive Order or marketing of the Corvette Exhaust Header for an application other
 than those listed in this Executive Order shall be prohibited unless prior approval is obtained
— from the Air Resources Board.


 B&B FABRICATION, INC.                                              Executive Order D—506
—Corvette Exhaust Header                 .                          (Page 2 of 2)




Exemption of the Corvette Exhaust Header shall not be construed as exemption to sell, offer
for sale, or advertise any component of the kit as an individual device.

This Executive Order does not constitute any opinion as to the effect the use of the Corvette
Exhaust Header may have on any warranty either expressed or implied by the vehicle _
manufacturer.

This Executive Order is granted based on the following emissions test data submitted by
B&B Fabrication, Inc.: 2000 General Motors Corvette, certified to a Low Emission Vehicle
(LEV) emission standard.

                  NMOG CO          NOX       HCHO
Standards         0.075 3.4        0.2       0.015
device w/ dfs     0.052 1.5        0.2       0.002

Test results showed that the Corvette Exhaust Header when installed on the vehicles did not
cause tailpipe emissions to exceed the vehicle‘s applicable emission standard during a Cold
Start CVS—75 Federal Test Procedure. This Executive Order is also based on On Board
Diagnostic l1 (OBD I1) testing conducted on the same test vehicle. Test data showed that the
Corvette Exhaust Header when installed on the vehicles did not affect the vehicle‘s ability to
perform OBD l monitoring.

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 B&B FABRICATION,
INC.‘S CORVETTE EXHAUST HEADER.

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 after hearing that grounds for
revocation exist.
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Executed at El Monte, California, this V??       day    September 2000.




                                      R. 8.    Summerfield, Chief
                                      Mobile Source Operations Division



Document Created: 2005-09-01 12:45:16
Document Modified: 2005-09-01 12:45:16

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