Welded baffle exhaust

OK so on my redcat clone the baffle in the exhaust is welded in place. You can see the weld on the outside of the exhaust. Is it possible to cit this weld an pull out the baffle? Is there any advantage to running with out the baffle?
Neil
 
The exhaust inlet and outlets are still small openings and knocking out the baffles wont improve flow any if the entry and exit is still small. It may actually hurt performance with exhaust turbulance swirling around in the pipe with no efficient way to exit.
 
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