Exhaust question

[Rob]

Hi all,

I have a question. I recently bought an ANSA muffler on ebay for my '76 Scorpion, but I discover that it is not a straight bolt-on to my existing (standard?) system.

Were there alternative systems fitted to the Scorpions? If so does anyone out there know what manifold/pipes I would use to bolt up to my ANSA muffler?

Cheers and thanks in advance,

Rob

[John Allen]

Gonna sound dumb, but the Ansa muffler was designed to fit the Ansa headers..... Hard to come by (in one piece anyway). There have been a couple people who have adapted the Ansa muffler to the stock downpipes.

If you gonna go that route, use the manifold/downpipes from an FI Beta. MUCH better than the stock (awful) Scorpion emmision stuff..

-John Allen

[Rob]

Doesn't sound dumb at all. My knowledge of Ansa stuff is obviously limited. So it seems the simplest option would be to have a custom pipe bent to fit between a manifold (I'll look for a Beta FI one) and the muffler flange.

Thanks again. Cheers,

Rob

[Will]

You'll need a ANSA or CSC Primaflow header, and J-pipe to do it with stock parts. Other wise you'll be into some bending and welding.
I dunno about the Beta setup, I guess you could, but I think it runs back, where you really want it to run to the left.
-Will

[Rob]

I found a Beta manifold at Applemotors on the weekend. And now it looks like I have found an Ansa header.

Thanks for the replies guys. Very informative.

Cheers,

Rob

p.s. I promise I'll get some photos of #1255 together soon!