I finished wiring up the battery, including a weld stud welded right to the frame. Turned out pretty nice. Believe it or not; that tiny little audio battery spins this relatively high compression V8 over just fine.



I also wrapped the entirety of the exhaust in preparation for going back in the car. I'm not happy with the way the resonator section turned out. I'll likely unwrap it up to the oxygen sensor. I feel it will look better.



I also had the backplate from that little chuck bored and threaded so that it fits the spindle thread on my little Dalton. I spent a few minutes facing the backplate and cutting the register for the chuck body. The first two parts I plan to cut with it are fuel injector bungs and -8AN fittings for a set of custom fuel rails. I hope to have the motor back in by the end of the month.