Glider kit opinions?

If the truck originally shipped with an EPA motor then yes that's true. If it shipped as a glider they can theoretically put anything in it (as far as I know)

 

I actually think your correct. If you wanted to say replace a 6NZ with a 3406C motor, I don't think you could "legally" do it. But realistically, who's going to catch you? I think it falls into the no one cares category.
As another example, if you bought a 2012 389 that originally had a Paccar motor and you wanted to put in a 6NZ, you could theoretically get in trouble for doing that. You would have to get a smaller shop or do it yourself because a Peterbilt dealership won't. Again, who's going to catch it, the EPA?

 

Ain't like 99% of diesel bears know what they are looking at- long as it has components they are looking for.

 

It would be a 1 in a million chance of actually getting in trouble for it. I used to disable emissions equipment all the time on personal vehicles for hot rodding purposes. As long as I didn't draw attention to myself and put the cat back in for tail-pipe sniff time nobody cared. The moral aspect of it is between you and God I guess.

 

You must have had one hell of a fight on your hands...

 

DOT doesn't even enforce EPA regs, so the chance of getting caught are statistically 0, that was the point I was trying to make. Could you get caught, yes. Chances of anyone even noticing, zero.

 

What I was getting at is if you're inspected and the inspector is looking to see emissions equipment like a muffler or whatever, that's about it. Ain't like they gonna know the difference between a c15 and a E model or a A/B/C model.
"Got a muffler?"
Yup
"Good to go"

 

I've heard they nail large company's in CA that don't run compliant trucks and they're strict about the ports but other than that I don't think they have the time or resources to chase down every 1 truck chuck that wanders in from out of state. That being said I would have no problem running compliant equipment and feeling like a responsible citizen if they would get rid of the EGR and go with a strictly aftertreatment solution. I think Cummins is planning on doing this soon in Europe.

 

Mack already does that in Australia.

 

They look at the model year of the truck. Maybe look to see if it had a def tank. Other than that 99% of inspectors wouldn't know if you yanked all the emissions stuff off of it.