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The exhaust is installed now with Mustang 'isolators'.  These are rubber mounts that simply slide over a 1/2" rods that are welded to the mufflers and the frame.

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My new headers are from Kaufmann.  I purchased them without a protective coating so I could weld in the tubes for the Moroso crankcase evacuation system and to make sure they fit the way I wanted first.  They came with a one-piece flange, that bolts to the head, but it was cut 99% thru between each cylinder .  I trimmed the flanges neatly around the exhaust port.  Now each tube of the headers is a separate piece (the collectors slip on and are retained with a bolt to one of the tubes).  I 'm sure this made it easier for Space Coast Plating to polish everything before the 'Jet Hot Coating' that was applied.  They look great now!

The exhaust system I built uses Flow Master 3" inlet/outlet mufflers, 3" exhaust tubing and a 2 1/4" crossover tube.    

My old headers were Doug Thorley Tri-Y's design for '80's 5.0 Mustang.  They fit the Ranger great and if it were not for the fact that the Kaufmann headers disassemble into 10 pieces, the Mustang Tri-Y's would be easier to install/remove.