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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 09:49 PM
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Drop a 302 in it lol
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 09:53 PM
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Originally Posted by SilverSkoundrel
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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:20 PM
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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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:24 PM
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But do they sound good or ricer? Cause he wants his truck to sound American
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:25 PM
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And does he have just glass packs or headers h-pipe and glass packs?
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:28 PM
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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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:38 PM
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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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:39 PM
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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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:41 PM
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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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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:41 PM
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That's what I told him
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:42 PM
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But I did tell him I'd look in to it
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:43 PM
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Best net is YouTube. That's where I searched until I found my current setup.
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Old Sep 1, 2012 | 10:44 PM
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Gotcha, thanks
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 12:59 AM
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I had a Gibson catback exhaust on my 2003 3.0l ranger. Sounded real nice!
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Old Sep 2, 2012 | 01:07 AM
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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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