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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 08:26 PM
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i have a 86 ford ranger with a 2.9
what would be the best Aggressive Sound
i have true dual with two cats and two glass packs but tail pipes roted off
is that the best or one cat be better
what mufler would be a good one
 
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Old Sep 24, 2006 | 09:18 PM
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If you already have two cats, I'd stick with that if they were good. That way you won't have to mess with buying a new Y-Pipe to use a single converter and a single-in, dual-out muffler and matching tail pipes.

I like the sounds of a 2.9 and glasspacks, are you looking to change types of mufflers?
 
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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 08:18 PM
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I'm quite a fan of the 4.0L (same family of engines) with a Flowmaster 40 dumped behind the muffler and a cutout installed before it.

Rumbles at idle, a raspy rumble in normal acceleration, loud as heck when you're on it.
 
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 02:20 PM
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What is a ... glass pack. i've heard alot about them lately, but i have yet to hear what they actually do.
 
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Old Sep 27, 2006 | 04:43 PM
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Alan, a glass pack muffler is one of the simplest mufflers out there. Instead of having metal baffles like a Flowmaster (look at their website to see inside the muffler), they have fiberglass packing (hence the name "glasspack") that absorbs sound energy. You can usually see right through a glasspack muffler because the are typically a tube design.

Glasspacks offer a unique rumble to an exhaust system. On many older pickup trucks with a custom exhaust (around here, at least), the mufflers are glaspacks. On a 4 banger, however, many people don't like the sound; it's the ricey sound of an import.

I hope I cleared some stuff up for you.
 
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Old Sep 28, 2006 | 02:36 PM
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Yea, i understand. Fiberglass tube acts as a muffler, yet keeps the sound true.

Basically, it sounds better than the flowmaster 40 is what your saying.
 
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