I need some help with an issue

Or at least I thought it was one and my buddy said you are worried about nothing. Back a year ago or more when I had a post about porting a Speedmaster intake. Well I mentioned I put a hole in it while porting. I put it on my shelf with the thought of trying to weld up the hole. Well I showed my buddy and he reassured me it wasn’t anything to worry about. then backed up his thinking by saying technically it’s the same as cutting out the divider on a dual plane or if it was on a single plane it would be in the open area. I want to sell this intake but I want it to be right. So what do you guys think. I put a bolt in the hole on a couple of pictures to see it easier.