kink in exhaust

[mattmurdoch]

some dumb nut backed into my mu last nitgh and fu**d my rear bumper (that little chrome number) and bent my exhaust and it now has a kink in it should i get the kink taken out? i have a funny feeling its gonna effect the running performance of my truck am i right?

[aza]

It sure will it will restrict the flow of exhaust gases and drop your power.
Cut the end off and you be all good again.

[mattmurdoch]

yea the kinks up quiet far so if i cut it itl b rite under the passenger compartment will this affect my wof?? id hav thought so

mite have to cut it off and re-weld it myself??

[geeves]

If yo can do your own welding it wont be hard to cut and replace the bent section otherwise your favorite exhaust shop will do. Ive had this type of stuff done by Cobra in Tawa and the price was good

[mulover]

If you cut it off your wof man will ping you for it, i had mine cut about 6" off the end of it and i had to extend it!!

[mattmurdoch]

yea ive decided what im going to do is try heat it and re-bend it, as mr pitstop told me (with out even looking at it) that it was gunna cost me $100 (i woulda done it myself but i dont have a welder)
as for the back bumpers how hard is it to get you hands on one??

Cheers
matt

[geeves]

try Motex. People dont normaly break the back bumpers so they should be cheap but no promises
Will a gental hour or so with a ball pein hammer not get it nearly right.

[mattmurdoch]

ive alredy tryed the hammer ... its looking rather sad, im just going to replace it.

Cheers matt

[mattmurdoch]

i fixed it yay i heated it with a asthetalene torch and bent it back into shape. ive noticed a big performance boost

cheers
matt