chrisser
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- Location
- Cleveland OH
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9
- Transmission
- Manual
Was crawling around under the Ranger yesterday.
There's a lot of wasted space under there. I'd like to add a second gas tank, but I don't really want to lose my rear spare tire storage.
It occured to me that, if you reinforced the frame and ran the exhaust through it right after it left the converters, there'd be enough space for a second saddle tank right where the muffler currently is.
The exhaust would have to be routed outside the frame rails, with some sort of slim muffler, and probably some sort of protection - maybe dumping it just before the rear wheel rather than trying to route it over the axle.
Curious if anyone's tried this before. Would probably need a gas door on the passenger side.
Mine's emissions exempt and the converters are in sad shape. I could probably fit a muffler in their place and then I'd only need to worry about an exhaust pipe, although I'd like to have a converter if I could make it all work.
There's a lot of wasted space under there. I'd like to add a second gas tank, but I don't really want to lose my rear spare tire storage.
It occured to me that, if you reinforced the frame and ran the exhaust through it right after it left the converters, there'd be enough space for a second saddle tank right where the muffler currently is.
The exhaust would have to be routed outside the frame rails, with some sort of slim muffler, and probably some sort of protection - maybe dumping it just before the rear wheel rather than trying to route it over the axle.
Curious if anyone's tried this before. Would probably need a gas door on the passenger side.
Mine's emissions exempt and the converters are in sad shape. I could probably fit a muffler in their place and then I'd only need to worry about an exhaust pipe, although I'd like to have a converter if I could make it all work.