OS Giken STR twin plate installed.
So,
i'm still 6,000 miles away from my car and the things I love. My friend finally finished up putting in the OS Giken STR clutch in the Celica. It was a little difficult from his explanation. He had trouble getting the clutch disc staying in place with the plastic alignment tool and it always seemed a hair off when he got the tranny lined up. He went around in circles with this for a while.
We worked together to come up with a solution and we decided to bolt the tranny on finger tight and slightly use the clutch pedal to assist in aligning the plates with the splines together (if that makes sense). Then he tightened down the tranny and used the pedal to loosen tension on the plates and it went right in.
Not that many will attempt this, but I wanted to share incase anyone finds themselves in the same situation.
So feedback on driving it from my friend. The pedal is very soft and easy to engage. it feels like the engagement is on/off. There is some pretty good chatter from the clutch, but that is to be expected. Overall I am really excited the clutch. i can't wait to get home and drive it.