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Originally Posted by Damian
My Typhoon, which is not near stock anymore, passed the sniffer test with flying colors but failed the visual. So you can be modified and still pass the sniffer test. They don't want you to be faster than a cop car and they want that CARB sticker money.
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Larger manufacturers are not blameless in this. Some have actively campaigned for "official regulation". In economics it's known as regulatory capture. The mechanism allows a larger, better capitalized entity to gain a competitive advantage through law because their regulatory costs are a much smaller percentage of operational expenses compared to a small manufacturer. A few hundred grand here and there ain't such a big deal to Edelbrock, especially if they can turn right around and use an artificially scarce market to get a premium on a "certified" product.