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Old 08-30-2008, 08:41 AM
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Street, the holes just become clearance holes after you drill them out, so just make them a little bigger than the bolts. I don't remember the drill size I used. Doug's advice sounds good to me. I drilled them out too small at first, and then the bolts would bind because all these holes are not perfectly concentric. Do use the socket head bolts to hold the spacer to the bellhousing. Not mandatory, just one less thing flopping around when you are trying to shove the tranny up.

I'm using the McLeod Alum FE flywheel, McLeod 12" 26 spline kevlar/organic disc, McLeod 12" pressure plate, and the McLeod 1400-30 slip on hydraulic throw out bearing.

As Brent infers, if you bought the short input Tremec, you wouldn't need the spacer. But if you did that, you're going to have a problem with the ERA frame because the mount holes assume the length of the tranny housing with spacer installed.

Sam
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