Would a mangled up tip have any effect on sound/power? My header, cat and muffler are in great shape. But the last exhaust hanger broke and the last 3 feet of the piping broke off at some point to leave a rusty, semi-twisted down pipe. Just wondering if I should hack it off after the muffler? It doesn't really SEEM to make a difference in air flow, but I swear I can hear a little sputtering noise when the exhaust flows at idle.

 

I doubt it would restrict hardly any flow but if you just cut it off after the muffler then you definitely wont have any restricted flow

 

Quick Answer....YES it would...and Yes hack it off.

 

hack off the muffler too and then slap on a glass pack.

 

^^ hahaha!! hack off that crap. the sputtering noise is the exhaust blowing by the twisted metal causing a void in the soundwave, which makes a intermittent "hiss hiss" with every full rotation of the engine.

hack it all off, and get yourself a new muffler! I like the 40 series Flowmaster, the single chamber Flowmaster, or the Single chamber Magnaflow!

have fun