Scorpion cat back ??

[andytaylor1980]

Is anyone running one of these or heard of anyone with one ?? They are alot cheaper than blueflame or milltek.

I was thinking of getting one but im a bit off by the price, i work by the rule things are often cheaper for a good reason.

Sorry my car is a LCR 2005 with regular mods CC remap, forge 007p Jetex 8001 filter, forge TIP etc...

 

[LEE69]

Scorpion are a superb make, and have a real nice sound.

 

[andytaylor1980]

Cheers Lee do you have one ?? and is the sound a nice deep burrble

 

[LEE69]

No, had the full system on my old car, yeah was deep, not chavvy.

 

[andytaylor1980]

Anyone running one on a LCR, is the tailpipe as similar to the std oval

 

[J0N]

I've had 2 of these both turbo-back, one on a Renault 5 GTT and the other on an Escort RS Turbo, (way back in the day, obviously). My experience with them was they were very well made and looked cool but mine were very loud, I mean 'can't hear your passenger loud' with lots of popping and banging when changing down. At the time I loved them but I would'nt want them now.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Scorpion are well made, just like magnex was and same as blueflame. Miltek arent what they used to be, quality of welds and the quality of materials are bad, alot are cracking and some the tips are corroding, mostly on the megane backboxes but seen some other miltek tips rust. For overall performance and build quality, no dbout its blue flame and they sound great! Last year or so blueflame has made a decent name for its self. The scorpions are reatiling for arround 290 on ebay wich is cheap for a decent S/S exhaust system.

 

[GlanzaV]

I had a scorpion on my Mk3 Ibiza Cupra - it was loud enough to hear me coming up the street, but it was a nice burble, deep, throaty loud. They'd get a thumbs up from me.

 

[JamJay]

Looks nice but puts me off having 2.5" piping, not sure why but the main competitors offer 2.75". I guess it's the Spinal Tap rule, the amp goes to 11 so it's better!

http://www.scorpion-exhausts.com/Cars/search3.php?model=321

 

[Shaunyboy]

Looks nice but puts me off having 2.5" piping, not sure why but the main competitors offer 2.75". I guess it's the Spinal Tap rule, the amp goes to 11 so it's better!

http://www.scorpion-exhausts.com/Cars/search3.php?model=321

Supose its for people who just want an alternative to OEM system, Without altering pipe bores etc.

 

[andytaylor1980]

So overall opinion is that the price issue can only be a good thing then? i think i will probs be going for one of these as i already have the scoprion decat pipe anyways.

Thanks for the info guys i will keep you all informed of any issues

 

[JamJay]

Yeah I guess. I was always lead to believe that you should try to limit the bottle-neck from the down pipe i.e. if you're tuning a car then a 3" DP & Cat to a 2.75" Cat-Back system would be better than 2.5". As I understand, having a complete 3" system is only necessary when going BT and like you say Shauny, if you're not tuning and just want noise, then a 2.5" will be fine.

 

[Shaunyboy]

Yeah I guess. I was always lead to believe that you should try to limit the bottle-neck from the down pipe i.e. if you're tuning a car then a 3" DP & Cat to a 2.75" Cat-Back system would be better than 2.5". As I understand, having a complete 3" system is only necessary when going BT and like you say Shauny, if you're not tuning and just want noise, then a 2.5" will be fine.

Yea going down the stage 2 route etc i dont think it would be suitable, and would benifit from a 2.75 inch system. What you running Jay?

 

[JamJay]

Neither, I am at Stage 1 and quite happy with the OEM exhaust tone but when i'll be going into Stage 2 next year, I'll be having a custom 2.75" made by a friend who owns his own mod-shop.

 

[Phillc]

I have just bought the piper turbo back system and thats 2.5" all the way back but i was recomended this by Will at P- Tourque as has say's he's had really good figures from it on stage 2.