I think I've checked every thread pertaining to the megapower exhaust and I've basically gotten the message that its loud, but not super loud. I dont really care how it sounds once I open the car up because at that point I know nobody is around to worry about (people, 5-0), but I want something that is only somewhat noticable at regular driving revs (shifting around 3,250 - 4,000). I would get something like the Apexi WorldSport or Greddy SP2, but I'd imagine the power gains arent as big. Would the Skunk2 still be a good choice?

 

thermal yO!

 

Which model thermal do you recommend?

 

top, help me out here skunk2 owners

 

I'm not sure about tegs, but on my friends old civic the Skunk 2 was almost unbearable. We took a 3 hour trip and I had the worst headache at the end. It was so damn loud. And we were cruising at 4000rpms.

 

just for reference. I got a greddy evo. Its tolerable, but its noisy enough that you have to conciously speek a little louder than normal inside the car. Ive heard thats a in the middle of the chard as far as loudness, or something....

 

Your Greddy must be weird. Mine is pretty quiet unless I'm up near redline. I can wisper to my friends in the car and still hear them. I have no back either.

 

try rsr i think it sounds not to loud not to not loud.

 

i have a skunk2 .. i love it.. its not blairing loud like the apexi n1 and its not quiet like a greddy sp or something.. i t hink its perfect .. if you put it down yes it gets quite loud.. but just crusing deap growl.. plus the silencer makes it pretty quitet for thoes long trips (just make sure the nut is tightend or it will fall out :.( but anways i love the skunk2! would buy it again!

 

Thanks for the advice. On the topic of the RSR though, aside from the price difference, isn't it a whole different kind of muffler? Wouldnt pretty much any straight through muffler design (skunk2, N1, Tanabe...) flow better than a traditional kind of exhaust (RSR, Apexi WS, Greddy SP...)?

 

there is an rsr that is the "n1" style but it is freakin loud (in my opionion one of the loudest ive herd!) just to let ya know

 

RS-R Ex-Mag, . A'PEXi WS II is a great exhaust, I have a friend with an Accord, only makes noise when you are at WOT. I like that exhaust a lot.

 

I recently got a Skunk2. It's very loud without the silencer, but with the silencer it's not bad at all. A little more bass sound than the normal exhaust, but otherwise not a problem. My girlfriend doesn't even mind it...

Some things I like about it are that it's all stainless steel (not coated mild steel), and the construction quality is excellent. All the welds are robotic and look perfect.

On the downside, the resonator seems to hang a little low. Any other Skunk2 owners notice this too?

 

Thanks alot for the help. Doesn't using the silencer pretty much eliminate any power gains that would be had using that exhaust over the stock one though?

 

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Not that I can tell; it just seems to eliminate a lot of the loud bass sound. Of course, this is just using the butt-dyno, so YMMV.

 

haha, i guess its not too hard to keep the silencer in most of the time then pull it out when you "need it"

 

how would a silencer in the tip of the exhaust effect performance? the 2.5 piping comes right up till like 6 inches before the end of the exhaust and then size of the silencer is the same.

I have the skunk 2 on my 92 ls without the silencer and it isnt loud at all 3-4 on a scale of 10 for being loud