I spoke with Tommie @ ERZ Performance today and he assured me that the bend is intentional. He told me that each cat they make goes through a quality control process where the cat must fit into a master jig which replicates an actual install. If it fails that..it gets scrapped.
He was really friendly and knowledgeable.
I can tell a fair amount of detail was paid to mine…all the burs and welding anomalies have been filled off.
Mine are definitly going on this Saturday. I will update my
thread with the videos