Brandon1023
needs an oil change
Being the fact that we live in the year 2012, we have seen a lot in the past decade. One of those things happen to be the introduction of the California Air Resources Board (C.A.R.B) and some laws/legislation which put pressure on the same loved engines we use here at DiyGoKarts. I understand the atmospheric situation of Earth- it's not the best. However, since this air quality is "deteriorating," the EPA finds it appropriate to limit the very equipment we as consumers Purchase with our own money! (or at least obtain once purchased equipment).
I understand we need to control the emissions, but don't put a stupid plastic cap over my fuel mixture screws.
I also recognize brands such as Stihl (highly used brand of outdoor power tools) puts these stupid limiter caps and non-slotted screws on the carburetors because they have their hands tied thanks to the d@mn EPA.
While this is true about people tampering with equipment, they need to look right under their noses. Did you know the (average of 6 engines per ship) 10 Cylinder engines on a cruise ship with over 100,000 HP burn Thousands of gallons of Diesel fuel every HOUR? Aside from that, the Diesel exhaust has a Sulfur content of ~ 15 ppm. I'm not sure how my 13 HP Honda quite compares to this (sarcasm cuz there's absolutely no comparison), but I know for a fact that the EPA has better things to worry about, much like a police officer should be catching drug dealers instead of ticketing someone going 4 mph over the speed limit.
So to the people who actually read this so-called "short" rant: who is with me on this one? It's quite frustrating as someone who repairs machines in my free time from school when I have to skip fixing a Stihl chainsaw because the carburetor is buried in the middle of the saw. All this makes me want to do is jet my Honda carb to run rich and send a video of the black smoke pluming out the muffler to the EPA out of principle.
As for those mixture screws, there's a saying "Necessity breeds ingenuity." Meaning.. If we need to do something, we'll think of a way to do it!
I understand we need to control the emissions, but don't put a stupid plastic cap over my fuel mixture screws.
I also recognize brands such as Stihl (highly used brand of outdoor power tools) puts these stupid limiter caps and non-slotted screws on the carburetors because they have their hands tied thanks to the d@mn EPA.
While this is true about people tampering with equipment, they need to look right under their noses. Did you know the (average of 6 engines per ship) 10 Cylinder engines on a cruise ship with over 100,000 HP burn Thousands of gallons of Diesel fuel every HOUR? Aside from that, the Diesel exhaust has a Sulfur content of ~ 15 ppm. I'm not sure how my 13 HP Honda quite compares to this (sarcasm cuz there's absolutely no comparison), but I know for a fact that the EPA has better things to worry about, much like a police officer should be catching drug dealers instead of ticketing someone going 4 mph over the speed limit.
So to the people who actually read this so-called "short" rant: who is with me on this one? It's quite frustrating as someone who repairs machines in my free time from school when I have to skip fixing a Stihl chainsaw because the carburetor is buried in the middle of the saw. All this makes me want to do is jet my Honda carb to run rich and send a video of the black smoke pluming out the muffler to the EPA out of principle.
As for those mixture screws, there's a saying "Necessity breeds ingenuity." Meaning.. If we need to do something, we'll think of a way to do it!
I thought that too when I read his comment.
