mac1984 Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Fitting my Scorpion exhaust tomorrow at work (its handy being a technician lol) hopefully I wont have too many problems. Will keep you posted. On a side note I had to fit a Supersports exhaust from Quicksilver Exhausts to a V8 Vantage today and bloody hell it was loud but sounded fantastic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MITZ@CougarStore Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Hi bud, pleased you received your exhaust... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac1984 Posted May 1, 2009 Author Share Posted May 1, 2009 Yeah it turned up about 1pm the next day. Thanks again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted May 1, 2009 Share Posted May 1, 2009 Norm a doddle to fit bud, mine was a bit of a pain, just to the amount of corrosion the the stock zorst, but you should be all o.k, look forward to the pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 Hi All, Just had a Scorpion Exhaust fitted, and unfortunately it was a pain!! The mid pipe was straight and butted up against the rear diff. The origional pipe has a bend in it to compensate for this. Luckily I took the Zed to Fastfit in Basingstoke who make their own custom exhausts, the technician there,Matt, made a plug out of thicker gauge steel and was able to get the exhaust all lined up! What I thought was going to be a 30 min job took about 2 hrs!! Will E-mail Scorpion with my thoughts though. I know some of you have had Scorpions fitted with no problems, I suppose I'm just lucky!! Just glad I didn't decide to do it DIY, I would still be swearing at it now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac1984 Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 Hi all, Fitted my Scropion exhaust today at work. It looks good and sounds good too, however the fit of the exhaust is not brilliant. The centre pipe of mine was about 3-4mm away from the under chassis brace and as a result kept hitting it. The silencer when first fitted sat pi**ed (left tail pipe sits further forward than the right) and there is a black bracket on the right hand side of the car that fouls the exhaust silencer. I have played around with the fit of it and got it alot better but it's still not perfect so I'll looking at it again. I fixed the issue of it hitting the under chassis brace by removing it and flattening the the double skinned section that the exhaust fouls on. If this is not enough (I havent driven it since modding the brace) the bolts that hold the brace on seem long enough to be able to space the brace abit. The black bracket was removed and had the corner removed that fouled the exhaust silencer. Here are some of the picture (sorry for poor quality, as there off my phone) http://s597.photobucket.com/albums/tt54/mac1984gsm/ Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 You should have taken the black box off bud as most people do this when fitting a scorpion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndWood Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I'm looking to get the Scorpion soon so thanks for putting all the pics up, what is the black bracket for? Would it be missed if removed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I'm looking to get the Scorpion soon so thanks for putting all the pics up, what is the black bracket for? Would it be missed if removed. Its just a cover bud and will do no harm if removed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndWood Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 I'm looking to get the Scorpion soon so thanks for putting all the pics up, what is the black bracket for? Would it be missed if removed. Its just a cover bud and will do no harm if removed Thanks for that so without the bracket it would be a straight forward fit? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted May 2, 2009 Share Posted May 2, 2009 It will mean that you have much more room at the back to play with ie straightening the back box so its square Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac1984 Posted May 2, 2009 Author Share Posted May 2, 2009 That black box/bracket thing has 2 10mm bolts that hold a plastic cover on the right hand side. I only glanced at what was up there and seem to remember seeing a filter? Just been out for a spin and the mod to the chassis brace worked a treat. Still got a faint rattle/knock from rear passenger side, but that was there before i fitted the new exhaust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mac1984 Posted May 4, 2009 Author Share Posted May 4, 2009 My scorpion exhaust is still sitting pi**ed. Anyone else has this issue and how did they adjust it? Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomfry Posted May 4, 2009 Share Posted May 4, 2009 Ive had on an off issues with mine. I finally got it sorted the other day, my mate heated up the bracket an bent it down slightly on the drivers side. Then put in a longer exhaust rubber to bring it down on that side. Sits much better now and isn't melting my bumper anymore. Which is always a bonus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M350ZB Posted May 5, 2009 Share Posted May 5, 2009 When i had mine on, i did have i suppose the famous scorpion issue, left tail pipe hanging out a tad more, my option get rid of it, , and got a custom one , However the guy i sold it to, i ended up giving him a hand and as mentioned above we heated the bracket up and bent them a tad so everything would line up perfect Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Windy Posted May 6, 2009 Share Posted May 6, 2009 Hi, I forgot, I also had to remove this right hand bracket/plastic cover to fit the back box on! No idea what it is for, but I suppose the car is lighter now!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrG Posted July 30, 2012 Share Posted July 30, 2012 Glad I found this thread. I just wish I'd have found it before I tried fitting my Scorpion this eve! Got it on but not tightened up as it fouled the black box as said. From what I could see the diff cooler lives underneath that box so I think it might just be a shroud for it. Anyway, it'll be cutting the corner off like mac has done. Just hoping that the centre pipe doesn't foul the rear brace... It's a shame Scorpion don't mention these things in the fitting instructions. I'm tempted to email them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrG Posted July 31, 2012 Share Posted July 31, 2012 Well it's on and I'm really happy with it! Ended up ditching the black box cover thing as it didn't look like it did a right lot!! Looks like the carbon canister behind it but it looks protected enough. I was also worried about alignment but it's perfectly straight. Apologies for bumping an old thread. Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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