Project WRX

[flintster55]

Time for a little Spring Break update-

I ended up taking off the Megan Racing exhaust to get out of an exhaust ticket I got during December in Roanoke County. Since it was stock, I went ahead and had the car inspected so I won't have to worry about that for a whole year now. The Megan racing cat-back was a melon shooter and sounded amazing, but I would have a throbbing headache after a trip of an hour or more just because of the droning at highway speeds. So, I ended up buying an SPT cat-back. It's a full 3 inch all way back like the Megan Racing piece, but it is supposedly 50 state legal and much quieter.

So on to the install- sorry for crappy cell phone pics but it was all I had with me

The new goods all wrapped up



Weapons of choice



Megan Racing downpipe vs stock downpipe and midpipe



Stock cat-back vs SPT cat-back



Random cool turbo shot



Stock cat-back



SPT cat-back installed




Overall, a fairly simple install. I've done this a few times now and i'm really starting to get good at it. I'd say 2 hours or so if you have a lift and a few extra set of hands like I did.

I also really like the sound of the SPT cat-back. It's not obnoxiously loud but it's very deep and the boxer rumble is very apparent. I'll try to post up a sound clip if I can get a good recording sometime soon