eightynine4x4
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- Location
- New York
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Total Lift
- 2.5" Suspension
- Tire Size
- 31 x 10.5 x 15
I already managed to source the muffler/pipes down from the cats for like 65$ total or something and install myself a while back, so that stuff is new and fine enough and it was cheap. So if buying the above cats puts me around a grand total of 300 for an all new OEM exhaust after Y pipe, it wouldn’t be the worst total investment. I don’t know anything about custom exhaust work but I have a hard time believing that for 300$ they could have provided something custom from the Y pipe down. Or maybe I’m wrong?Agreed, some places may get picky about generic cats though.
I could also shop for some “nice” cats and find some adapters that link up, that way I’m at least upgrading something instead of buying an OEM cat. But do Cats have a great impact on engine performance? Or are they just utilitarian for cleaning up the output so upgrading that alone doesn’t make sense and I should just buy what’s cheap?