Following along, I'm at the same stage with the floors on my car. I think I'm going to cut the rest of the bellhousing bump on the firewall off, I'm done fighting with those bolts if I don't have to. So maybe look into that.
Yeah I will have to check my foot on the gas pedal. I need to make sure this pos isn't uncomfortable too lol.
I bought a rod of 3/8 grade 8 to make studs in an effort to make that easier than trying to mess with bolts .