Does Blade cause backpressure?
No. People have been conditioned to believe that enclosing a vehicle’s tailpipe will cause backpressure and adverse effects to the vehicle, but Blade’s patented design features a pressure release (V-cut) that allows it to work without causing backpressure. Blade was tested for backpressure at the request of the California Air Resources Board (CARB). This request was made because CARB engineers associate increases in exhaust backpressure with increasing NOx emissions and other regulated, environmentally harmful emissions. Products that are found to increase backpressure above the legal limit are not permitted for sale in the state of California. The backpressure test results prove that Blade does not create any appreciable backpressure in the exhaust system – measured pre-cat, post-cat and at the tailpipe.
