I will start by saying that I have officially developed turrets after trying to get the passenger side plug's, (closest to the rear) coil disconnected. All of the plugs were a pretty simple procedure, yet this one plug took me over 4 hours total, lol.

This was my first DIY on this car (2002 C2), and I was pretty suprised how easy everything was, belts, and oil service wasn't bad at all. Although, I was caught by suprise on the Gusher of oil that came out when I dropped the drain plug, splashed all of the place, including in my eyes which SUCKED

For anyone thinking about servicing their plugs on their own, either get your kid's hands in there on the last plug, or give the neighbor's kid $5 to get that stupid coil unplugged and replugged, lol. Oh well, the car is ready to go with a fresh service now, for those who are wondering I used NGK G Power Platinum plugs, Castrol 5W40, and K&N filter.

Question, I left my exhaust off for now (initially to make sure I didn't need to retighten anything), but do the muffler bypass pipes sound exactly the same as leaving the mufflers off, or do they have a better tone?

 

no, on high rpm , the saunds change , not to good , to loud.

 

the tips attenuate the sound a tiny bit, but its 99% the same, including volume and raspiness.

 

tourettes? lol
I thought the spark plug diy on renntech was really easy if you take out the mufflers.It took me about 2.5 hours total to do.I thought it was fun to do too. IF you have all of the right extensions swivel heads and you have the special
torx tool from sears its a fun easy job.
your probably not gonna like the bypass noise its too loud.Maybe try one of the PSE mods.
What else is on your mod list?

 

bypass is really loud and loss of low end torque is very noticeable
BUT bring her out on highway and let it rip -its cup car like!!!!