Need help perfecting the budget build hemi swap

I hate building braided hose. I don't have the proper tools to do it, and somehow I always end up cutting my palms with wire.
The exhaust has to wait until I can figure out why the speedo gear isn't seated correctly, the torque converter is bolted up, and the shifter cable is attached. The extreme cold sort of make those jobs tough to accomplish, but next week is supposed to be nice. The exhaust on the 69 Barracuda could have been reused, but the collectors were rusted, and I used 2 race bullets in front of the axle, and 2 Moroso spiral mufflers aft. Although it had a nice quiet rumble. That configuration was possible only because the fuel cell was in the trunk. The duster has a stock gas tank.