Cobb, a well-known company in the automotive performance industry, specializes in producing high-quality performance parts and tuning software for vehicles, including sports cars and racing vehicles. One of their most popular products, the Accessport, is a highly sought after tuning solution that allows car enthusiasts and performance-minded drivers to adjust various settings and parameters of their vehicle’s engine management system to increase performance, improve fuel efficiency, and customize the driving experience.
However, due to pressure from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Cobb has announced updates to the Accessport to ensure that the tunes or calibrations developed using their Accesstuner software comply with the new and evolving emissions requirements. As a result, certain features and parts that were previously available through the Accessport, such as disabling the Check Engine Light (CEL) and emissions hardware such as Thermal Gasket Valves (TGVs), Exhaust Gas Recirculation (EGR), etc., will no longer be available, regardless of whether a vehicle is used on the street or on the track. This change has caused frustration among some customers, as the parts they purchased may now be less useful or even worthless, such as the flex-fuel kit.
The EPA is responsible for enforcing emissions regulations in the United States and is concerned that tuning a vehicle’s engine management system can result in higher emissions and decreased fuel efficiency. However, some people believe that the EPA’s regulations in this area are overreaching and that they limit the ability of car enthusiasts and performance-minded drivers to modify their vehicles as they see fit. They argue that the focus should be on improving technology to reduce emissions, rather than limiting the ability of people to modify their vehicles.
