Skunk2 MegaPower R Cat back

Skunk 2 Exhaust arrived and we started ripping the old exhaust off. Everyone who plans on doing this on a car that has seen some winters, get an impact gun with a 12mm socket.....your going to need it. After the bolts came off, slipped the MegaPower on with ease. The spacer that came with the kit was not used, wasn't necessary.

Advice: Remove both 02 senors before removing the exhaust and bashing on the cat. I broke my P0135 sensor(O2 sensor 1/ A/F ratio sensor) and they are $120 to replace if you plan on avoiding the CEL. Also, spray the hell out of those bolts with PB blaster or penetrating oil. It makes things much easier.

Review: The Skunk2 MegaPower R exhaust is great. Its loud enough with the silencer in to say "here I am", but not loud enough to say "Look at my obnoxious sounding fart pipe, please pull me over officer!" The skunk2 is no louder than the stock Si exhaust as long as your cruising around @ 2300rpm-3000rpm. Though as soon as you break that 3000rpm mark it gets loud, and a good loud. The low end and mid range power seem to have gotten a little better. High end doesn't seem to be affected enough to be noticeable. Responsibly driven this exhaust can be as liveable as the stock exhaust and you get a little horsepower out of it. Only complaint, some instructions would be nice or maybe just a note simply saying "hey you might not need the spacer".($625 shipped from procivic.com)

UPDATE: New videos. This was completed before I got the blog up and going so it wont be as detailed  with pics and videos as future installs.

Stock Exhaust compared to Skunk 2 Megapower R

Pull from 4000rpm to redline in 3rd gear.