If you still have the engine out - could you do me a favor - could you measure the distance from the bellhousing mounting surface of the block to the fingers on the pressure plate? I am trying to see if a stock flywheel / clutch set up will fit inside my bellhousing - I am currently running an...
I know what you mean - I'm from down in SoCal and I'm lucky to have an excellent engine machinist, chrome guy, and body guy -- Took years to find the "right" people who know what they are doing
I did that on my 6.1L - as soon as I started filling the cooling system it literally poured water out.... if installed backwards, the cooling passage holes are 1/2 in a water jacket and 1/2 sticking out - so water pours freely out... bad day.