Dual Exhaust on a 4 cylinder?

[theonlyjosh]

Hey everyone, my dad just bought a 1993 Ford Ranger XL 4 by 4 reg cab with a 4 cylinder, 2.3? It already has a 4 inch lift and nice tires and rims... i was just wondering if dual exhaust would be a good idea, like sound good? or would it sound horrible... i don't know much about this, i love the sound of it on v8's and v6's and was told it would sound like a civic lmao... is this true? please get back to me... thx!

[oldsking86]

"rice burner" that's all that can be said bro... Don't do it

[mopar_man]

Please don't. V8's sound good with the right exhaust. V6's almost always sound awful with dual exhaust. 4 bangers sound terrible.

[icp4life162005]

Everyone needs to stop lieing about duals on a 4 cylinder. I have a 87 Ford thunder bird turbo coupe With the 2.3L and IHI turbo. My exhaust sounds great. IT DOES NOT SOUND LIKE A RICER. In fact it has a muscle sound to it. It is not true duels. it is a split after the cat. ALL TURBO COUPES AND COUGAR XR7'S ARE THIS WAY. I have seen the same setup on rangers before and it sounds great go for it. just make sure you use 2 1/2 inch piping for the whole thing or even 3 inch before the split. BTW nice ranger. it just needs some real tires on it. lol like 33"s

[theonlyjosh]

lol thx... well my dad bought it, it's not exactly " mine " yet... i think it looks good... i wanna be sure before doing dual exhaust that it's gunna souns good... how much do you think it'll cost to do it the way you said jcp4life162005?

[oldsking86]

Typical ford guy response

[icp4life162005]

To tell ya the truth oldsking, i'm not a ford guy. I'm a trike guy. lol but really I just know it sounds good from my car and i like small pickups for off roading. and I HATE mustangs overrated crap is all they are. I did like the one generation when they were small with the round headlights i think it was early 70's. any way josh the question is whos doing it? shop will run you a few hundred more than doing it your self. the cost really depends on your local prices and regulations.

[200xcellent]

i hear them all the time and honestly they dont sound that good. i would just run a single out behind the right rear tire, put a nice tip on it (not huge either, maybe 3in), and put a good PERFORMANCE muffler on it, not something to make it loud but something for a few extra ponies while keeping it quiet. maybe a 40 series or something

[theonlyjosh]

ok, i'm only 16 lol i don't knowm uch about it, i just hear it on a lot of trucks and love it! , i just want it to sound deep? not like a dumb civic or something... i've heard it's gunna sound horrible, but i've heard if you do it right it will sound great!

[theonlyjosh]

ps, anyone have a video or know of videos with 2.3 dual exhausts? or any nice sounding exhausts for them? thx for all th help!, Josh.

[hrc85250r]

i have duals on my four cylinder gs550....:-)

[icp4life162005]

I forgot to mention that I have performance mufflers and no catalytic converter. Has a nice low rumble to it.

[honda_atc200es]

eventualyl get a crate engine from ford racing, ooooh how about a 302 smallblock that might fit, too bad its like 8000 bucks


on second though 4x4 + pickup truck + transmission = maybe u should jus stick with the exaust

[ATC-Eric]

I would suggest a single beefy exhaust that exits before the rear axle. you will benifit more from a single exhaust with your NA 4 banger. I understand icp is running duals, and claims it sounds beefy, you must also understand he has a turbo, there is a lot more flow there.

To much flow is not a good thing. A single coming out under the bed will give you that extra little rumble your looking for.

[Russell 350X]

Don't put duals on a 4banger. They sound like crap, I here them all day, every day.