Diesel Tuner Jailed

[dtech]

It is an interesting case when one considers all the details and guess who stands to benefit most from the judgement.

https://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/cars/opinion-the-diesel-brothers-did-nothing-wrong-45131818

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[got3fords]

He got the pardon.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/11/07/trump-pardons-cheyenne-diesel-delete-mechanic-troy-lake/

 

[Rp930]

Apparently he knew the right people.

 

[got3fords]

Apparently he knew the right people.

I read the entire article. He was helping everyone who needed help, even localities with diesel buses, fire engines etc. He was helping keep people in business due to outrageous maintenance costs. Did he break the law? Technically so I guess, but there were numerous other people doing the exact same thing, and he was used to make an example of.
Did he know the right people? Yeah, he knew and reached out to common sense conservatives who knew he was just trying to help people.

 

[Rp930]

I read the entire article. He was helping everyone who needed help, even localities with diesel buses, fire engines etc. He was helping keep people in business due to outrageous maintenance costs. Did he break the law? Technically so I guess, but there were numerous other people doing the exact same thing, and he was used to make an example of.
Did he know the right people? Yeah, he knew and reached out to common sense conservatives who knew he was just trying to help people.

When you invest a million in test equipment to beat the EPA you are doing more than ”helping people”. You were profiting big time.

 

[got3fords]

When you invest a million in test equipment to beat the EPA you are doing more than ”helping people”. You were profiting big time.

Every business invests in test equipment and R&D as needed. I'm going with the defense's argument below because, it makes reasonable sense. But you are free to disagree.

"Yes, reports confirm that Troy Lake, the owner of Elite Diesel in Wyoming, invested roughly $1 million in sophisticated testing equipment that was central to his conflict with the EPA.

While his goal was technically to "bypass" or "delete" EPA-mandated emissions systems, the narrative around why he made this investment depends on who you ask:

The "Million Dollar" Investment
According to court documents and interviews with his family, Lake’s business, Elite Diesel, spent heavily on high-end research tools:

• $1 million+ was spent on equipment like engine and chassis dynamometers (dynos).
• ~$325,000 was spent specifically on an "EPA test bench."
• ~$350,000 was spent on research and development.

Did he do it to "beat" the EPA?
In a technical sense, yes. The equipment allowed him to reverse-engineer the complex computer codes in modern diesel trucks.

• The Technical Win: He successfully figured out how to remove emissions hardware (like DPFs and EGRs) and reprogram the truck's computer so it wouldn't go into "limp mode" (a safety feature that slows the truck down when emissions parts are missing).
  
  
• The Defense's Argument: Lake and his supporters argued he wasn't trying to pollute, but rather to improve reliability. They claimed the EPA-mandated systems caused frequent breakdowns for working trucks (like school buses and ambulances) in cold Wyoming weather. They also claimed his high-tech tuning could make the engines run efficiently despite the deletions."

 

[Rp930]

Every business invests in test equipment and R&D as needed. I'm going with the defense's argument below because, it makes reasonable sense. But you are free to disagree.

"Yes, reports confirm that Troy Lake, the owner of Elite Diesel in Wyoming, invested roughly $1 million in sophisticated testing equipment that was central to his conflict with the EPA.

While his goal was technically to "bypass" or "delete" EPA-mandated emissions systems, the narrative around why he made this investment depends on who you ask:

The "Million Dollar" Investment
According to court documents and interviews with his family, Lake’s business, Elite Diesel, spent heavily on high-end research tools:

• $1 million+ was spent on equipment like engine and chassis dynamometers (dynos).
• ~$325,000 was spent specifically on an "EPA test bench."
• ~$350,000 was spent on research and development.

Did he do it to "beat" the EPA?
In a technical sense, yes. The equipment allowed him to reverse-engineer the complex computer codes in modern diesel trucks.

• The Technical Win: He successfully figured out how to remove emissions hardware (like DPFs and EGRs) and reprogram the truck's computer so it wouldn't go into "limp mode" (a safety feature that slows the truck down when emissions parts are missing).
  
  
• The Defense's Argument: Lake and his supporters argued he wasn't trying to pollute, but rather to improve reliability. They claimed the EPA-mandated systems caused frequent breakdowns for working trucks (like school buses and ambulances) in cold Wyoming weather. They also claimed his high-tech tuning could make the engines run efficiently despite the deletions."

We will never know all the facts to this case. Making engines run “efficiently” is not the same as making engines run without cancer causing pollutants. Guilty as hell and got away with it.

 

[Superspirit]

I love threads like this, let's the gods speak out and the ignore list grow!

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