Yeah, I have to take all my header tubes/collectors off when I remove the bellhousing. Not exactly alot of fun...
But it's a necessary evil.
Do you have allen head adjusters in the pressure plate like the McLeod unit? I had to drill a hole in the bellhousing to access the pressure plate with an allen wrench for adjustments (and index my balancer with said adjusters to facilitate locating them with the bellhousing and headers in place). The pic looks similar to what I run, only I don't have monster 2" primaries (stepped 1 5/8" - 1 3/4" Bassani's - which makes things just a bit easier to manuver around). You'll get it... hell, if I can figure it out you shouldn't have a problem setting it up with some more seat time.
