[jeff5may]

Right, that's what I was saying. You don't necessarily have to put the unit outdoors, just plumb both heat exchangers in the window unit to function as one big evaporator. The increased heat exchanger surface area and airflow will drop the dT on the evaporator side, raising your energy efficiency. Since there are two fans tied to one motor, you could remove one blower wheel to maybe speed up the other, but using both wheels and exchangers (especially the larger, deeper condenser) would be preferred with respect to overall performance.

If the condenser is all bent up, it's a much wiser choice to just get rid of it. Trying to milk something that may or may not hold up usually comes back to haunt you sooner rather than later... just a few days after the thing is all buttoned up. I hate it when that happens.