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I received the 3" Scorpion exhaust system from Essex Parts and had it installed after my dyno baseline. Unfortunately I was not able to dyno the car again later that afternoon but plan on going back to verify improved performance. Overall, installation was pretty straight forward and is a direct bolt-on*. The tips are about flush with the stock location and I will recommend to Scorpion that they be extended 1" so the tips will be visible when looking straight down from the top of the bumper. It still looks pretty awesome the way it is. The hanger bushings as supplied with the exhaust are a bit short and tear too easily. The hangers weren't perfect either. The front three had to be heated up and bent just a little to use the stock hanger bushings. Unfortunately that made the tips location too close to the rear valence. To get the tips positioned right (center and with 25-30mm clearance). A new rear hanger had to be fabricated and the old one had to be cut off to make it perfect. Other than that, it fits perfectly. I will be communicating with Scorpion to make the changes needed for future systems for US-spec cars. The exhaust is definitely louder than stock but absolutely no nasty raspiness or high frequency "noise". It has an exotic sounding low bassy tone that gets more frantic as revs climb. I will try to provide a decent sound clip but this will prove difficult to do solo and without a Go Pro. Performance... let's just say those worried about 3" exhaust systems on a 1.6L engine can lay their worries to rest. Turbo lag is =GREATLY= reduced and my car now pulls to redline with very little noticeable taper or loss of power to the 7,000 rpm rev-limit. I will be doing a dyno test of the exhaust to verify power gains in the next few days. MSRP is $906.00
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