Law enforcement throughout the country have been recovering stolen engines and transmissions from Honda's and Acura's (primarily from street racer type vehicles). Investigators should check the validity of all engines when recovering or inspecting these vehicles.

The quickest and easiest way to determine if an engine belongs to the Honda or Acura being inspected is to use our engine cheat sheet which can be download by clicking here.

Current Events

The NOPI Nationals Motorsports Super Show, the largest sport compact show in the world, will once again be at the Atlanta Motor Speedway on Sept. 16th-17th. Close to 100,000 spectators will drive from all over North America to view the thousands of vehicles on display and watch the many events. Click here to go to their site.

In conjunction with this show, The "Tour 2006" is an organized driving event to the NOPI Nationals from across North America. You can see the stops and routes by clicking here. The 2 starting points and routes are: IL, IN, KY, TN, NC, GA; and MD, NC; Other cities will drive to the starting points.

We have 14 additional events listed for the month of September. Click here to see if your state is effected.

Transponder Books & Software Available

Law enforcement, SIU, and other approved agencies can now purchase the most comprehensive and popular automotive locksmith books and software in history.

Bender Enterprises Inc. has been given permission to sell these publications and software to qualified investigators such as law enforcement and SIU.

It is imperative to know which vehicles have transponders/immobilizers when conducting auto theft investigations. It is also imperative that the investigator knows how the systems work and how they can be programmed. Michael Hyde's books are considered "the book" to have by most locksmiths.

Read more by clicking here or visiting VINtrack.com.

Transponder Bypass Follow-up

In issue 5 of this newsletter we mentioned the Wired Magazine article on transponder/immobilizer bypasses (read more...). That article stirred a lot of controversy.

NorthAmerican Technical & Forensic Services wrote a response to this article that can me downloaded by clicking here.

Stolen Vehicles Identified

VINtrack Windows Mobile identified several more stolen vehicles last month throughout the country. The VINtrack VIN check and OBD VIN software exposed data that was missed by conventional means.

VINtrack is used by law enforcement throughout the world and is responsible for identifying clones, VIN switches, re-tags and other questionable vehicles conventional means have missed.

VINtrack helps insurance and automotive companies from unknowingly insuring or buying stolen VIN-switched/Re-tagged vehicles.

Our new OBD VIN readers are enhanced to capture electronic VINs where generic OBD readers cannot.

To learn more about the VINtrack line of products click here.

Regards,

Mike Bender

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