[Rory McNeil]

Concerning a couple of your other problems, are you sure the flywheel uses an 11" disc? My 5.0 Stocker`s Soft Lok is only 10", even my 428FE bracket car has a 10 1/2" disc. As for spacing out the starter, i`m assuming that you are using the larger 164 tooth flywheel which has the starter ring gear at the front of the flywheel, rather than flywheel that has the ring gear farter back. I ran into the same thing while testing different flywheels in my Mustang. Ford does have an OE starter that will work without spacing the starter out. I believe that the starter is from a mid-late 80`s Ford truck with a 300 ci 6 cylinder and a manual transmission. The proper starter would work better than one that is spaced out with washers, as the washers prevent the starters locating ring from seating into the block plate. As to the relaease fork, my McLeod fork came modified for use with the Long style clutch; it has a section of flat plate which replaces the ridged section of fork, where the fork goes behind the pressure plate. This provides enough clearance for the fork to travel foreward, disengageing the clutch, without the fork contacting the top of the pressure plate. I wish I could get my scattershield and clutch out of my Mustang period!! Between the headers and narrow trans tunnel, I just don`t have enough room to Re&Re it with the engine in the car. I guess next time I have the engine & trans out, I`ll be firing up the sledge hammer!