Up-pipe restricter.

Just bought a set of stainless Kando headers and up pipe from a fellow forum member and just wondering why there would be a smaller diameter pipe inside the up-pipe just before the bung hole! Is this to regulate flow? I thought it would be more of a restriction.
Any ideas?
See crappy photo, that faint line inside the pipe is the edge of another pipe! What the?
Any ideas?
See crappy photo, that faint line inside the pipe is the edge of another pipe! What the?