Do I need to replace this radiator?

MXD
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So I had a weird incident at the races yesterday. I was going around a right hand turn in the inside rut and my boot caught the big tire that marked the track and I drove right into it with my right shroud. No pain, no injury and no crash but I did rip my shroud and bend my radiator pretty bad. It looked like someone held the top and bottom tanks and twist them. I got it all straightened out and lined up but then I noticed that the elbow on the bottom tank bent slightly and kinked. Here is a picture of my damaged one and my friends perfect one. Can I run it or will this cause a flow issue?

Mine damaged one


My friend's undamaged one




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Craze 9/26/2016 5:40pm
9/26/2016 5:40pm Edited Date/Time 9/26/2016 5:41pm
As long as it's not impeding coolant flow, I think you're fine
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CarlinoJoeVideo 9/26/2016 6:15pm
9/26/2016 6:15pm
I think your fine. If it was worse than that I would think twice... But that's mellow.
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MXD 9/26/2016 6:22pm
9/26/2016 6:22pm
So not being able to leave well enough alone, I pulled it off and reshape it a bit. Basically, I tapped a 7/16 socket in the opening and worked it back into place while holding pressure on the kink in a vice. It's not perfect but I'm going to stop here since it's much better.


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