Thoughts on possible exhuast

[stevealvey24]

I have a 2.9 ranger with gutted cat, I'm considering using a 5x8x20 2 in. magnaflow muffler after intermidiate pipe then using the dynomax tailpipe which also 2in. Sound like it needs revising?

 

[doorgunner]

Save a wad of cash...............Get a good (used ) cat....then put a 2" splitter behind the cat...then run 2" dual pipes (no mufflers) out the back...it'll sound just as anything else....


I got cats & true duals on my truck with no mufflers.....

 

[superds]

I've had a 4.0 with cats and no mufflers, sounded alright. I would probably do it again.

If I were you I would think about stepping up to 2.25" pipe if the stock pipe is that big at the cats (a lot of times it's bigger pipe near the engine then steps down in diameter by the time it gets to the mufflers). For example, on my '97 Ranger 4.0 it had about 2.25" exhaust at the muffler and back, I chopped if off after the cats and stepped up to 2.5" exhaust.

 

[wrecking-crew]

I just have a removable tail pipe. Running the cats with the pipe cut under the cab is nice unless you are in a traffic jam.

 

[Primer88]

On my 2.9 I kept the stock cats and installed a Magnaflow (don't remember what size, this was over 10 years ago) with dual 2.25 exit before the rear tire. It sounded great. A gutted cat only hurts flow unless you've installed a pipe through it.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

I have true duals with the factory cats and glasspacks on my F-150... I love it.

I really don't care for the sound of a split exhaust, if you can't/don't want to do true duals just run a single IMHO.