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06-22-2007, 03:29 PM #1
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2 Stroke days numbered?
OK, I went over to the local Merc shop at lunch to pick up a lifting ring. While I was there, I got to talking with the guy and asked him about the Optis he had in stock. He told me that the EPA is forcing the manufacturers to stop making 2 strokes of any type and the DFI's will be out of production by 2010. Have any of you heard of such an outrage? Maybe someone from Merc can clarify this.
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06-22-2007, 03:32 PM #2
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hes delusional, find a dealer that knows what they are talking about, especially if you need something worked on.
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06-22-2007, 03:35 PM #3
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That's exactly what I was thinking 1Bad. The DFI's are cleaner and get better mpg than the 4 strokes so why would they ban them? I only went over there to get the lift ring as he was the closest to the office, otherwise I have a great guy closer to the house that gets all of my work that I can't handle.
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06-22-2007, 03:49 PM #4
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someone was smokin some good crack if MERC goes all 4 stroke that MERC's choice... not the EPA.... to date the EPA has never banned any given technology..... they just limmit the % of emmissions and some technologies become obsolete due to restrictions BUT never ILLEGAL!!!
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06-22-2007, 04:17 PM #5
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I agree, the EPA doesn't outright ban things, they just make the emissions level so low the straight up 2 stroke could never meet them, so a de facto ban on them.
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06-22-2007, 04:20 PM #6
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Lake Mead will ban all carbureted 2-strokes starting Jan 1, 2012.
I have to see if my slOMC V8's retro'd with EFI will pass...hell, the rangers wouldn't know anyway!
Put an EFI sticker on the cowl and I'm good.
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06-25-2007, 08:46 PM #7
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LOL ... the two stroke's days have been "numbered" ever since the 4 stroke was invented ... about 130 years and counting ... Chicken Little's declaration about the sky was more accurate
A few years before Jaguar sold out to Ford they were considering a DFI 2 stroke V-6 car motor and had even signed a contract with Tecumseh to make the blocks in Ohio
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