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88 Ranger XLT With a Blown Exhaust; suggestions?


Aieden88

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Vehicle Year
1988
Transmission
Manual
I need to replace the exhaust in my 88. While I can't see past the intermediate pipe, I know the muffler is blown (2 gigantic holes), the intermediate has enough rust on it that I'd rather replace it than patch the holes, and I don't need to pass any inspections , so I'm not going to bother replacing the tailpipe.

What (cheap) setup would you recommend? I don't have any welding equipment to work with, but I was thinking an oem int. straight to a glasspack for like 40-50 bucks in parts. Or would a flexpipe work in place of the old int. pipe?

This is my first time tearing into something bigger than cosmetics, so I'm pretty stoked!

Thanks! :beer:
 
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I would go with the stock intermediate pipe because you have to have the flange match up with your cat, flex pipe won't have that. You might consider a turbo muffler instead of the glass pack. I had one blow out in my '88 and it caused the cat to plug up.
 
The major load bearing hanger of the entire Exhaust system is welded to the intermediate pipe


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