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Old 9/1/12, 09:46 PM
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Ford Ranger 3.0

Anybody have any tips on how to get a nice exhaust sound from a Ford Ranger 3.0? My teacher has one and doesn't want a bumblebee drone coming from his pipes, I told him headers an H-pipe and maybe Flowmasters maybe a 40+ series. Oh and I told him to keep his cats or else it will sound ricer as hell
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Drop a 302 in it lol
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Drop a 302 in it lol
I told him that but he just laughed, remember he is on a teachers salary
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My brother has a 97 ranger with a rusted out glass pack, best ranger 3.0 I've heard. Just sayin.
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But do they sound good or ricer? Cause he wants his truck to sound American
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And does he have just glass packs or headers h-pipe and glass packs?
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New glass packs prolly sound like doody butter. His are all rusted out, his sound good

He's got stock manifolds I think Ys into one w/o cats
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Lol, that sucks, that mean I have to tell him to buy glass packs and leave them under flowing water for a month or so, lol
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Yeah I wouldn't even mess with exhaust on there. Just tell him to get a nice stereo lol
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That's no help, he's an old guy so he listen more to his ride more than he listen to music. Lol
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He's SOL then cause I doubt (not saying its impossible) you can make a 3.0 sound good.
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That's what I told him
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But I did tell him I'd look in to it
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Best net is YouTube. That's where I searched until I found my current setup.
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Gotcha, thanks
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I had a Gibson catback exhaust on my 2003 3.0l ranger. Sounded real nice!
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Originally Posted by Mnemonic
I had a Gibson catback exhaust on my 2003 3.0l ranger. Sounded real nice!
No ricinesss? Cause that's all he wants is to be able to hear his truck and not be laughed at at stoplights. Do you have a link?
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