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That Stock Muffler... There's A Lot Going On In There.


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Some fella over on the ranger5g site did an alien autopsy on his 2020 Ranger oem muffler.

It's a turbo glass pack... and since it has a flapper valve, yes Virginia, it does have muffler bearings.

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That's not a glass pack, it looks like steel wool. A turbo muffler is just a better flowing stock (reversible flow) muffler. I've never seen a flapper inside one before, must be to make it breathe better at WOT. Turbo mufflers originated on turbo Corvairs, they didn't need as restrictive baffling to quiet them down because the turbo did some of the muffling.
 
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19Walt93 said:
That's not a glass pack, it looks like steel wool. A turbo muffler is just a better flowing stock (reversible flow) muffler. I've never seen a flapper inside one before, must be to make it breathe better at WOT. Turbo mufflers originated on turbo Corvairs, they didn't need as restrictive baffling to quiet them down because the turbo did some of the muffling.
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The new 2019+ Rangers have a turbo...
 
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Did they use leftover fuel line for the muffler hanger? :icon_confused:
 
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19Walt93 said:
That's not a glass pack, it looks like steel wool. A turbo muffler is just a better flowing stock (reversible flow) muffler. I've never seen a flapper inside one before, must be to make it breathe better at WOT. Turbo mufflers originated on turbo Corvairs, they didn't need as restrictive baffling to quiet them down because the turbo did some of the muffling.
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HenryMac said:
The new 2019+ Rangers have a turbo...
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I had a Gibson cat-back on my old Sport Trac and it was very loud. Seen sound clips on YouTube of new Rangers with the Gibson system and they are much less noisy.
 
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I hope that tube thing in the middle spins.
 
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I bet THAT'S going to cost a pretty penny to replace...
 
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I'm still waiting for someone to explain why the exhaust hanger is made of hollow tube with a quick connect flare on it...

Seriously, That's old leftover high pressure fuel line right? I mean ford is cheap but come on...
 
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I'm still waiting for someone to explain why the exhaust hanger is made of hollow tube with a quick connect flare on it...

Seriously, That's old leftover high pressure fuel line right? I mean ford is cheap but come on...
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They are hollow tubes that don't connect to anything. So, you got me. Maybe the one end keeps the rubber hangar from falling off?

EDIT: I went out and looked at my 2019. The back hangars are hollow and the flanged end is in the rubber hangar. So, it keeps the rubber from popping off. The front hangar seems to be solid bar.
 
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sgtsandman said:
They are hollow tubes that don't connect to anything. So, you got me. Maybe the one end keeps the rubber hangar from falling off?

EDIT: I went out and looked at my 2019. The back hangars are hollow and the flanged end is in the rubber hangar. So, it keeps the rubber from popping off. The front hangar seems to be solid bar.
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Thread/post...

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Some people are so lazy... :rolleyes:
 
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