Clutch is in!
Initial thoughts?
No harder to drive than a full organic clutch
The initial 'bite' is very progressive.
There is no clutch shudder at all
There's no overrun noise, actually there's no noise from it at all.
One issue I did have initially was the clutch friction point being too low (like 15mm off the floor), the old clutch was like this also, I knew it wasn't air in the system now (as I thought it was) - it was bled today......HMM how to fix?
The fix was a simple adjustment of the clutch pedal push rod:
You can see the clutch pedal upper stop in this picture as well as the clutch adjustment rod. This component goes through a boot in the firewall and connects to the clutch master cylinder. The rod can be turned left or right to alter the point of clutch engagement above the floor, longer = higher friction point - Shorter = lower friction point.
The friction point is now 1/3 the way up from the floor...Woohoo!
But why was this adjustment required?..........Lightened flywheel!
The lightened flywheel is thinner than the stock one - effectively moving the clutch fork pivot point & the pressure plate further apart, which in turn requires slightly more 'stroke' at the master cylinder to return the pedal to a 'normal' feel.