With the negative battery cable disconnected and Chris' 'Stang safely racked...
...Saul begins the clutch-swap process by removing the starter, exhaust, driveshaft, and crossmember.
The shift linkage must also be disconnected prior to removing the tranny.
Disassembly is straightforward. The McLeod clutch kit included new hardware for nearly everything,but it's important to keep the factory flywheel bolts from the stock clutch. The fasteners are reused to secure a new flywheel or the original piece if it's retained.
Saul uses blue Loctite to ensure each bolt on the floater mount will remain secure when the revs begin to spin. Note that we're adding McLeod's 11-inch aluminum flywheel to this installation. The RST setup can be installed with the factory flywheel retained, but we wanted as lightweight a setup as possible for Chris' blown beast, so we decided to use McLeod's wheel.
The floater's mounting ring is secured to the flywheel with 30 lb-ft of torque. The supplied Allen bolts can also be worked down with an impact gun, but it's important to adjust the gun to a moderate setting before running down the fasteners. The mounting ring and flywheel are aluminum and their threads may gall if the bolts are overtightened.