filthyrichie

ok heres the deal ,anyone who knows me knows i run my own garage, and today i have had the pleasure shall i say of fitting a mongoose exhaust to an escort GTI

all i can say is what a pile of shit ,abso crap fit ,hangers missing or wrong direction and it sat about a foot and a half awaydownwards from the rear bumper

anybody else ever had any experiance of these products??

NUTS RuS

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Was it new ? Id guess it wasnt for that model

Gav Diamond

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Mongoose in my opinion have never been the best of fits but i have never known of them to be as bad as your description.

filthyrichie

yes it was brand new

Fudgey

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did you fit it correctly lol?

KEVFRST

Ok, there not the best fit but over the years they have improved and especially the range for the new Ford seems to go on without any trouble at all. Are you sure you have the correct part numbers?

rauri

i got one for my fezzy before xmas....waited 6 bloody weeks for it and the front hanger (nr the gearbox) was 5 inches too bloody long


i was under the impression mongooose exhausts were good,i wont buy another

iansoutham

That is weird. I got a Mongoose system for our MK4 Escort XR3i EFI. I put an MFI manifold and downpipe on it, and fitted the whole system straight up. Sat perfect in the bumper, didn't catch on anything other than the really sharp speed bumps. Even sounded nice. Only thing was that I had to tack it where the middle meets the bend in front of the rear arms as if you did catch a speedbump, it would move slightly within the joining flange otherwise.

phil robson

deffo correct exhaust?

i put one on a mk6 rs2000 i had 4year ago and fit was pretty good tbh,
even sat in the bumper nice

fordsportjay

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never had a problem with them.speak to your supplier

NUTS RuS

iTrader: (35)

Are the new ones still being made by the same supplier as the older decent systems lol

Mongoose by name but what about manufacturer

T4KAF

again i got 1 on my focus st from turbo bk and its good,fitted it myself and was fine!!!

gaz s1

we fitted one to our m6 rs2k 12 months ago and it fits perfect maybe you just got a bad un, friday afternoon build

_SpeedX_

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i had a mongoose fitted to my old rs turbo and again no problems at all!

sedan man

i fitted 1 to my mk6 si and gota say it was a shit fit if i rember rightly it doesnt use all the hangers and at the back box you u can hang it two ways..mine used to fall out of its rubbers every other week...and it used to hit the beam.........

proper shitty fit considering price!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

filthyrichie

thats exactly how this one is

Bullett

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collins own the brand and make in house.i sell these systems as well as magnex,scorpion,janspeed and many others.and i have never had a prob with the quality or the fit on a ford. and ive had four systems off them 2 ecs turbo systems a pulsar and the saff.no probs what so ever.

just make sure its correct for the car cos it could be that although its an escort one it may be for another model.

Bullett

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oh and racey,s rs2k had 1 on and no probs either.

NUTS RuS

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They all used to be made at BlueFlame in Skelmersdale Nil not in house, these were the ones that had a good fit back in the day.

sedan man

i THINK the problem is they try to make 1 exhaust fit all models

mabey wrong though

gurnE

The mongoose I had on my saph was OK but the one I bought from Collins for my 306S16 was a shockingly poor fit
I had to cut off part of the rear heat shield in the end, plus I never got it to completely stop knocking, or the tail pipe to sit right.

Add to that the Collins chip had to go back twice (generated loads of fault codes) and then the thieving cunt never sent it back means I would never touch any thing from that robbing cunt again