My Exhaust...

o3edge777 · 01-06-2009

hey guys..
Cut off my 5th cat and welded 2.5 inch pipe right after the last O^2 sensor.(no Check engine light)
That 2.5 inch pipe was then welded to my brothers old Aftermarket Cobra Muffler (2.5 inch)

Videohttp://videos.streetfire.net/video/3...9-16ca18066786

**04blackedge** · 01-06-2009

It sounds like stock to me. Did you notice any lose in performance, 2.5 is a little big for 3.0, you probably lost some backpressure.

o3edge777 · 01-06-2009

Like stock? no way dude.. haha.Stock was so so so restrictive... it seems to run the same.. no change.. if any it will help. a single 2.5 inch exhaust should be damn near perfect for it. i also have 3 inch intake. its not like true 2.5 dual or anything outrageous. it breathes very well. I dont think my truck is fast by any means what so ever. its slow. but for what it is ( a ranger with 150 hp)... it does pretty well.

CBFranger · 01-07-2009

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Originally Posted by 04blackedge

It sounds like stock to me. Did you notice any lose in performance, 2.5 is a little big for 3.0, you probably lost some backpressure.

Well since back pressure does nothing...

2.5" pipe is what every aftermarket cat back kit that I have seen uses.

**Jp7** · 01-07-2009

There are no oxygen sensors after this converter so how would the obd2 know?

**TheStig88** · 01-07-2009

your driveshaft is a little rusty.....

Trigger01 · 01-07-2009

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Originally Posted by TheStig88

your driveshaft is a little rusty.....

Ya, that looks nasty!

o3edge777 · 01-07-2009

The aftermarket exhaust systems i've seen i thought were 2.25..? but i'm not positive. and... well guys. it is metal... and i'll be honest and say i dont clean up the underneath of the truck all that often. haha. after 5-6 years it should be rusty..

**Roddy** · 01-07-2009

what kind of muffler?

Lone Ranger 93 · 01-07-2009

Lol if you guys get ruffled about that driveshaft rust then don't ever look under a vehicle in the northeast! especially mine

Downey · 01-07-2009

i dont like it not loud enough for my taste and did you chirp 2nd and 3rd?

**Rapala** · 01-08-2009

look at a new SD, 150 or Duramax driveshaft it comes from the factory rusted... my ranger still has that new aluminum look, I dont polish it or anything... and my mechanics think Ive got some aftermarket driveshaft.

Id rock that exhaust if I was boosted or making some big numbers, just to hide the sound some.... I just like loud noises better in my opinion

o3edge777 · 01-09-2009

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Originally Posted by Downey

i dont like it not loud enough for my taste and did you chirp 2nd and 3rd?

yeh... happens all the time. lol

and yeah its not that loud i know.. i think its at a perfect volume right now.. cause at 75mph on the highway... my rpms are at 3k in 5th... and too loud of exhaust would get pretty droney

**DaGGer** · 01-23-2009

I have a 2.5" exhaust on my truck after the cat. has a resonator and its nots to bad on the highway.

CBFranger · 01-23-2009

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Originally Posted by o3edge777

The aftermarket exhaust systems i've seen i thought were 2.25..? but i'm not positive. and... well guys. it is metal... and i'll be honest and say i dont clean up the underneath of the truck all that often. haha. after 5-6 years it should be rusty..

My Driveshaft has 0 rust.

It feels aluminum, though. But I dont think it is. Galvanized, maybe?

**Toreador4x4** · 01-23-2009

its either aluminum or steel, take your pick

CBFranger · 01-23-2009

Probably aluminum then.

It wasn't very heavy.

**Shaklakan** · 01-25-2009

I am running a full manifold back exhaust with magnaflow cat's and 2.5 inch piping form the manifold back with a flowmaster 40's series muffler. It has a mean sound to it and it sounds like no other ranger lol. And its a 3.0.....