dcs155 Dave your first post was a centerforce assembly and I went with that alone. Now you have a centerforce flywheel and a Mcleod clutch assembly with a tilton throwout bearing. Couple of picture would really help. With your new info, here are a couple of things that need to be checked
#1 Explain about your lakewood bell housing, is it stock or modifiled?
#2 Make sure that the bell housing is centered on the block.
#3 It sound like it's possible that there is a missing spacer on your throwout bearing assembly. There is a setup measurement for the correct clearance before the bearing face touches the clutch fingers. Lets get the BASICS checked and done first before swapping any parts like master cylinders.
#4 call centerforce and see if there is a measurement for the correct depth of the disc in the flywheel. If the disc in the flywheel is too thin you will have engagement problems and all kinds of fun. Is you flywheel rebuildable?? If so send it back and have it done.
#5 Is if Brent know about any spacer for your setup? Some do, some don't.
#6 If you are bending rods from the pedal to the master cylinder of the clutch, there is an alignment problem also. There should be a double steel plate on each side of the body with the fire wall in between the 2 plates. The plates need to be about 6x6 inch square to spread out the pressure of the clutch being used.
#7 As far as pressure plates, your car weight is about 2,600 pounds and the HP and torque on the motor are around 500/550. You need a pressure plate with a 2,800 pound setting. The disc depends on your driving and how much you slip the clutch when driving.
#8 you might want to work on the car in your garage because this could be a 2-3 day job if you have to get parts. Centering the bell housing will take a good hour if you are lucky alone. Mine took 2 1/2 hours to get under .003" all the way around. You might want to buy allen head bolts for the bellhousing to the motor for easier work.
Before you pull it apart shot some pictures please. Rick L. Ps sorry about not reading the WHOLE thread and just skipping to
without reading second thread. Rick