Thanks for all the compliments everyone!
It was more the bent flex that did it for me, I woulda been fine with the parts sitting til summer at least...lol And there will be videos a plenty when I get it all done.
I plan on pulling the blower sometime soon to remove the H-bar and do some light porting/smoothing and I will for sure be doing something about the finish of it. Would really like to have it polished, maybe next Christmas...