Axel back isnāt the focus of EPA enforcement, itās up to the point of the catalytic converter. Other state enforcement might address axel back, but not EPA. EPA is regulating emission. Now, if youāre griping about the physical restriction that comes from the modern catalytic converter, Iād respectfully push back. Current national Ambient Air Quality standards save lives. And, if you never saw L.A. in the pre-catalytic converter days you missed a stinking brown mess. I donāt want the kind of air that the Chinese have to breath and am glad for air quality improvements in this nation over the last several decades.I'm surprised car manufacturers don't do something similar to motorcycle manufacturers. If you look at modern day motorcycles they have these absolutely massive, unsightly, heavy, and extremely restrictive slip on exhaust systems to meet EPA regulations. The end user simply loosens one bolt and tries to hit a three pointer into the garbage bin.
I've always wondered why car manufacturers of sports cars don't just slap some obnoxiously restrictive, heavy, and silent axle back exhaust to every car giving the domestic terrorists at the EPA what they want and then giving a wink to the consumers with an axle back that's got all its bolts glazed in Anti-seize and prime for a quick replacement.
For the average driver, commuter, consumer, sure....I don't hate the environment and certainly don't want poor air quality, but these restrictions are also slowly killing the performance market as this video highlights. My point here is performance oriented vehicles need either some form of an exemption, work around, or solution so as to not be castrated to the point of extinction.Axel back isnāt the focus of EPA enforcement, itās up to the point of the catalytic converter. Other state enforcement might address axel back, but not EPA. EPA is regulating emission. Now, if youāre griping about the physical restriction that comes from the modern catalytic converter, Iād respectfully push back. Current national Ambient Air Quality standards save lives. And, if you never saw L.A. in the pre-catalytic converter days you missed a stinking brown mess. I donāt want the kind of air that the Chinese have to breath and am glad for air quality improvements in this nation over the last several decades.