NEWS: New bill in US Congress would allow for turnkey replicas

[twobjshelbys]

Originally Posted by MKS427

I believe you are correct. One more hurdle, the engine would have to have emission controls as specified by the manufacturer to operate within emissions compliance. Not certain that any manufacturers currently have specs to meet this criteria. Most state not for street use or per-19xx vehicles.

At the time this first came up the Chevy LS3 was the only engine certified and even that may have lapsed according to another forum. Ford had not submitted the Coyote. Someone said the new Godzilla was but I can't find evidence for that.

In any case, the Cobra manufacturing community doesn't seem too interested... Like I said (not sure if it was here or elsewhere) putting a vehicle into full production that meets these standards also involves a lot of stuff like warranties and service and support. It's not like a kit where the buyer gets it and about as much support as a toaster at walmart (Less, you can return the toaster).

[cycleguy55]

Originally Posted by twobjshelbys

At the time this first came up the Chevy LS3 was the only engine certified and even that may have lapsed according to another forum. Ford had not submitted the Coyote. Someone said the new Godzilla was but I can't find evidence for that.

In any case, the Cobra manufacturing community doesn't seem too interested... Like I said (not sure if it was here or elsewhere) putting a vehicle into full production that meets these standards also involves a lot of stuff like warranties and service and support. It's not like a kit where the buyer gets it and about as much support as a toaster at walmart (Less, you can return the toaster).

Agreed, no current evidence the Godzilla (or Megazilla) is compliant, but the former is being installed in production trucks as I write this, so it may be little more than making the control module available (supposedly this spring). The Megazilla would be similar, though it's not currently being installed on the assembly line.