Mufflers

[fastford04]

I dont wish to start a my truck sounds better then urs post or nething like that im just wanting to know what ppl think an have..an what sounds purdy good...im just wondering what kinda mufflers an pipes sounds good on the ranger? so if you have any input dont be shy!! lol peace my fellow ranger ppl!!

[Wicked_Sludge]

it would be helpful to know what engine size you have, along with where you want it to exit, how much you want to spend (eg, if headers are in the picture), and how much work your willing to put into it.

lots of guys like the way flowmasters make their trucks sound.

i wanted something different, which is why i went with my true duals.

[hairyboxnoogle]

2.8 - I opted for a CAT delete (muaahhaa), and welded one of the flanges to a 2`/2" cherry bomb, had it come out on the inside of the pass. tire. Real good reverberation and resonence. Loud, but not too loud (for me). The 2.8 has a real good raunchy sound to it.

2.9, id go with a magna flow or a flowmaster.

302 - im going to use magnaflow Raptor mufflers, theyre cheap, and IMO they sound awesome, nice and quiet rumble/growl at idle and low rpms that doesnt kill the lope on a good cam, and when you hit about 5-6000 rpms, its like no muffler at all... straight pipe if anything... theyre good.

BTW, FI engines sound WAY different than a carbed engine.

[Hahnsb2]

I love my flowmaster, I was skeptical about it at first, till I finally tried one. Lets just say there is a certain component missing from my exhaust... Its all 2 1/2" and the last 12" is 3", mainly for looks, it exits before the rear tire. I get compliments on it all the time, It's a regular 40 series BTW.. You can hear some of it in this video... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1mFgxBSVxT4

[fastford04]

i just wanted to know what some of you all had im fixing to trade my truck for a 4.0 v6 in a 93 ranger so maybe that will narrow it down a bit!!

[94redranger]

does anyone have flowmaster 50 series or the flowmaster exhaust system on their rig. Id like to know how they sound and how loud they are (louder=better of course!!)

[Wicked_Sludge]

with flowmasters, the higher the number, the quieter the muffler. 50's and 60's are pretty quiet. seems like most guys run the 40's and like em. the 30's are pretty close to the sound of a glasspack.

[rangermx25]

does anyone have flowmaster 50 series or the flowmaster exhaust system on their rig. Id like to know how they sound and how loud they are (louder=better of course!!)

I have flowmaster 40 original series and they sound awesome(i agree the louder the better) but theyre not as loud as i like but they make a deep rumble. but if you just want it 2 be loud and dont care about the tone then go w/ strate pipes or a glasspack.

[jmzneal]

wouldn't straight piping it get rid of all the back pressure iliminating all of your low end torque?

[fastford04]

i know on my 04 i have a 40 seris delta flow an son u talk about a rumble it sounds awesome i got it cut off right b4 the rear axle with all my cats an it sounds good!! i like it!
FLOWMASTERS IS DA WAY TO GO ALL DA WAY!!

[BDAB]

wouldn't straight piping it get rid of all the back pressure iliminating all of your low end torque?

Yes. Yes it does. I have true duals on my Suburban (350 small block) with 36" 2.25" in/out cherry bombs ..... it's as close to uncorked as you can get and still have mufflers. all I did was make it loud and move the torque up the power curve. my low end suffered greatly. it only sounds good at idle and over 3000 rpms. going back to a single 3" with a high flow cat and a serries 40 flowmaster. I want it to grumble like a big block, not sound like an angry bumble bee. plus i have to be careful not to crack the pipes open in town... gotta wait till I get on the freeway to do that.

[Wicked_Sludge]

actually, no it doesnt. DBAD, something else is soaking up your low end (perhaps lack of an equalizer, perhaps improper pipe sizing, ect), not the straight pipes.

i wish we could get a sticky for this, but since we dont....here goes again:

backpressure means next to nothing on a 4-stroke motor (other then the fact that its dependent on scavenging). what you need to concern yourself with is exhaust scavenging. this is the exhaust pulses tendency to pull each other out of the exhaust pipe. any constrictions in the exhaust system (cat converter, muffler, crush bends, sharp bends, improper pipe diameter, ect.) can reduce exhaust scavenging.

generally speaking, smaller pipes move your power curve towards the lower RPM range, bigger pipes move it up. dual exhaust pipes should be slightly larger then half the pipe size of the proper single exhaust diameter. any time you run a true dual exhaust you will loose low end power without some type of equalizer pipe.

im running 2" true duals with tiny 25" cherry bombs on my 3.0 and was actually surprised to notice a small boost to the 23-2500rpm range.

its all about tuning it to get the desired result.

[fastford04]

wickd knows his stuff peeps!! i can just tell by how he answers quiestions!!

[2manyfords]

I've ran strait pipes (with the converter) on all my RBV's at one time or another and didn't notice any low RPM torque loss, however it did seem to help out the high end slightly.

[85_Ranger4x4]

When I put a glasspack on my 2.8 I thought could tell a difference, it also may be noticing how much it struggles too. I would guess this is why alot of people may say it hurts their low end as they can hear the what the engine is doing.

I have 2.25" true duals (non mandral, non equalized) with glasspacks on my F-150 and noticed more power about everywhere, it seams to be much more eager to light up a tire as it was before. I did leave the 4 stock cats (2 per bank) in place however so there is more to it than just glasspacks. My brother has only cats with pretty much the same dual setup on his '97 4.6 F-150 and has similar results to mine. Highway milage for both trucks went up by 2-3mpg, around town went down for some reason...:D

2.25" duals should be fine for a 350 as well.

[Sevensecondsuv]

The exhaust on my ranger consists of a 94 factory shorty header, a 2.25" turbo muffler, a 2.25 2 chamber muffler (flowmaster 40 knockoff) and then a 2.25" tailpipe for a 94 F-150.

It's pretty quiet (although louder than stock) but it's got a really nice sound at idle and absolutely screams at 5000 RPMs (not too loud though). I'm very pleased with it.

My explorer has a basically stock exhaust with a flowmaster 40 in place of the original muffler. It does a pretty good V8 imitation at WOT.

[onimitsu]

all i got on my ranger is my stock header and my stock CAT then i welded a SVT contour resonator to my cat and then a 90 pointing down to the road. at first it sounds stock then u give it the gas and it is a little bit louder with a little more bite! and i cant complain because i got the resonator for free and all it took me was some time to weld it, and i know it's Safe, I Welded It Myself!

[fastford04]

ive got a 3.5 in an 3.5 out racin flowmaster muffler with one baffle in it thought bout puttin it on an takin cats an all off wonder how loud an performance wuld be onit?

[fastford04]

ive got a 3.5 in an 3.5 out racin flowmaster muffler with one baffle in it thought bout puttin it on an takin cats an all off wonder how loud an performance wuld be onit?

[Wicked_Sludge]

too big. i wouldnt go over 3" at the most.

you'll be hard pressed to get a noticeable performance gain with just exhaust.