EGR Tube not fitting???

OK, problem. I just finished my afr head swap Heres the problem, of course i broke off the old egr tube taking it off, so i ordered a new one from ford. i replaced my gt intake with a factory 95 cobra intake and used flowtech shorty headers. the new egr tube doesnt fit correctly! I see it is crimped in the middle and looks like it should bend but it just doesnt want to bend easily. is there some secret. for now, to start the car i just capped everything off and pluged in the egr so it wouldnt trip a cel. so far, the car is running nicely. is there anything wrong with just leaving everything capped besides obvious emissions laws? i would like to stay emissions legal just to say it is a 300hp emissions legal car, but its not totally neccessary.
ive tried the pipe department at home depot looking for a way to make a egr tube, but i cant imagine much holding up to the heat. Is there any bendable tube out there that will actually hold up to the heat of fresh out of the engine exhaust? or better yet, whats an easy way to bend the stock egr tube, i think i could make it work by bending it, but its def. not the easy way

legalize420gt95 said:

my car pinnged all the time with it capped off. when i put mine on i found it easiest to screw the tube onto the valve when its off of the car, then screw it onto the header, then bolt it to the intake last.

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well i may try that, maybe it will bend the tube tightening down to the intake, or ill break something the key would be removing the studs and using bolts to bolt down the egr. i just cant see the pinging being an issue with afr aluminum heads, but who knows. i havent gotten that far yet.