After I had built the original adaptor plate I realized it would only work on lower horse power ratings, So for safety I started thinking about a thicker wall bellhousing that would be safe for higher outputs
I built a pattern out of sheet metal so I could shape it with bondo and resize the whole thing to except the ' shrinkage' of casting
The starter location bothered me the most, thats why I had stayed away from changing the original housing, but the location was finally in the proper place and the pattern was sent out for casting