what the title says, ive heard both that it is ridiculously hard and involves pretty much pulling the motor (says the guy with an LS/vtec civic hatch) while others says it's relatively easy. What's true? how hard is it?

 

4th or 5th gen. If you dont have mechanical skills then i would recommend having someone install it for you.

 

haha, so i guess you're telling him to get someone to do it in any event.

 

woops, forgot dont.....

 

Its a 5th gen. As for mechanical "knowledge" ive installed exhaust, intake, springs/shocks myself. I know those arent too tough but how would a JRSC install compare to those jobs? What all is involved in installing one?

 

very straight forward if you have all the nuts and bolts, as well as tools.

 

Im reading the install instructions and it says run no less than 92 octane. I can only get 91, wtf? would it be safe? or would it cause detonation? could a good tune help this? I would probably be running the JRSC piggyback for a while, there are no tuners anywhere near here and i need to stay CARB legal (gay california smog laws)

 

i'm currently running 9lb pulley using p28 ecu w/ crome. no problem yet. having it street tuned next month so good stuff would be coming out. I would suggest you go witha different piggyback such as emanage, therefore you can buy a plug and play harness so you wont need to do any splicing. just my .02 since i went through that problem. 91 octane is fine, i live in cali too lol