i cant believe im the only one who's had this problem. i wanted to do my exhaust from the block back for more power (obviously im a 3.0). so i bought a set of JBA headers, a magnaflow high flow y pipe, and a magnaflow catalytic converter. from the cat back is custom, but the problem is that the magnaflow y pipe is short where the header and the y pipe are supposed to meet on the passenger side by about 3 inches. i took it to 2 shops and both said it wouldnt fit. has anyone installed this y pipe? it claims to be a factory replacement fit.

 

What you did wrong was you got the Y pipe. All you really needed was the JBA headers, the actual catalytic converter. You can make your own Y-Pipe dude. Or your local exhaust shop can make one for you. They could've sent the wrong one. Cause it's sounds like they sent you one for a 4 banger. I'd check and make sure you got the right one.

 

its the right one, the thing is i want it to be emissions compliant, and i wanted it to bolt on. every website this pipe is sold on says its a direct fit for the 3.0. heres a link to summit: http://store.summitracing.com/partde...5&autoview=sku

 

how does a 4banger have a ypipe?

 

Oops I missed typed it. Sorry about that. That is what I call the pipe off the header. Plus I was also talking about the older models that didn't have the inline 4 cylinder. You know like the old Ford Escort motors. I call all of them that out of a bad habbit.

 

Just go 2 into 1 from your headers is all you really have to do. Make sure that you install 2 catalytic converters and at the end have a resonator. I removed the resonator and mine will not pass emissions. here's a photo of what I'm talking about:



I'll post a better pic tomorrow of how mine is set up cause you can't really see it in this photo. So a better picture for tomorrow.

 

2 into 1 is what a Y pipe does. He wants it to be a bolt on....I suspect that there might possibly be differences between a 4x4 model and a 2wd model. And the magnaflow Y pipe might possibly be for only one of those??? It's an idea. IMO, i'd have an exhaust shop do it all from the manifolds/headers back.

Original Poster.....Have the shops actually showed you why it doesn't fit your truck??? something in the way?? wrong bends? things of that nature. EDIT: Read again.....the exhaust shops you've taken it too couldn't make it work? With a short extention to fill that manifold/Y pipe pipe gap?

Ford escort engines ARE inline 4 cyls. Name me a non-inline 4 other than a Boxer engine(vw, porsche, subaru). Just trying to prove a point.

 

Ford made a v4 for the German cars.

v4's are common in the marine outboard world.

Ducati makes a v4 for one of their bikes.

Just off the top of my head.

But I'd like someone to point me towards headers and y pipes for 3.0's because I cant find any. :(

 

i wonder if standard cab vs extended cab could be the problem?

 

the shops that i took it to said the same thing. the drivers side fits but both told me it was short on the passenger side by 3-4 inches and the angle was wrong to the point that an extension wouldnt work. i havent looked at it myself but im going to contact magnaflow before i take it to another shop. the pipe is for a 2wd which is what ive got.
JBA headers all the way. Magnaflow y pipe? eh, not so good i guess. for all who are wondering or searching, the part number is 93110.

 

oh i forgot to mention that it bolts up to the cat just fine, its short where the header and the y pipe are supposed to meet on the passenger side.

 

so have an exhaust shop extend the passenger side header pipe.....get the flange to proper height to mate with the manifold/header.

 

the shops i took it to wouldnt do it :(. i called magnaflow today and apparantly there are two kinds of y pipes for the ford ranger. one is "california" and the other "non-california". you can see where this is going. magnaflow makes thier y pipe to california spec, and my truck is (im assuming) non-california which is why it doesnt fit. no where on any website is this information present. im going to take the pipe to a stainless exhaust specialty shop tomorrow and prey they can do it.