Hammerhead
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Get a piece of wood dowel. One just a little bit bigger than the inner diameter of the stinger end of the pipe, You should make it about 4" long so it will be easy to work with. Sand one end of the dowel to a point like a pencil. Work the dowel into the stinger end of the pipe so it is nice and tight and can't easily fall out. take electricians tape and wrap it good and tight so there is a good seal around the pipe and the dowel. Fill the pipe up with water. Stand the pipe up with the manifold end up in a plastic cup then put it in your freezer. When the water becomes ice, it expands and pushes out the dents. It works very well with Macs aluminum pipes. Never tried it on other metals, but I don' t see why it would work. Sometimes it works perfect, but sometimes you can still see where the dent was. Especially if there was a crease. It is a lot better than throwing a good pipe away, though. This method probably wouldn't work with pipes that have an inner muffling baffle.
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