e153 questions, what is this thing?? Options

[chaostheory]

havent made a build thread yet but I will.. but in the mean time lookin for some clarification on a couple things. Trying to go e153 - 5sfte while converting from a 97 auto gt.
First, can somebody tell what this thing is for:

It looks like the plate its attatched 2 is in the way of the mount but not sure if I can just hard line it all the way to the slave cyl.

Second, can somebody tell me what im missing to connect the clutch master to these hardlines? I have a cut off hardline comming out of the master and a cut hose on the tranny, does the stock gt clutch line come out of the master as a steel line and crimp into the hose part or is there some kind of junction I'm missing??

Third, I've been trying to search for clutch/flywheel combos but almost everything I find is e153 to a 3s, or 5sfte to s54, with the exception to the fidanza flywheel 3s clutch kit do I have any other options? The cheaper the better as this def a budget build for now. I've read people talking about the st165 flywheel but that confuses me because I thought that was 6 bolts I def have 8. I can get a stock 5s flywheel for fairly cheap so wishful thinking hopes theres a combo for me.

And fourth, Does the 5spd 5s need any type of spacer/washer things like the flexplate uses? on my 5s there are 2 small spacer things that sandwich the flexplate so not sure if I should transfer those.

Thanks in advance
Mike

This post has been edited by chaostheory: May 27, 2014 - 12:40 AM