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I don't believe that would ever work. I thought about doing the same, but the guy that got a custom flywheel made posted pictures of a flexplate nested with a flywheel and there isn't any way that would bolt down without deforming the flexplate.
That looks like a flying magnet setup, which wouldn't work with the SMPI. The OE EFI needs a hall effect sensor, the output from a flying magnet setup are different. Not sure what he is selling there, but I don't believe it would work with a Magnum EFI ECM.
Perhaps scribe a line or drill a small hole to signify where TDC should be on the balancer? Line the mark up with the mark on the balancer and bolt it down? Means that it can still be install wrong, but at least with a little thought it would be done right.
I have heard you can run a A833 behind a later v-6 bellhousing that would allow you to run the 143T Magnum flywheel. Pretty sure you have to relocate 2 of the bolt holes, so it isn't a bolt on deal. And then you still have the issue of even less starter clearance in an area where it is already too tight.
Last option is to run an AX15 or R154 with a later Dakota/Ram bellhousing and a stock flywheel. Same issue as above in regards to starter clearance.
I toyed with the idea of mounting a tone wheel to the end of the cam and drilling a hole and mounting a sensor to the timing chain cover. That got too complex, so I dropped it.
BTW, I think the reason the factory put the CPK in the bellhousing was to protect it. Up on the front of the engine, there is plenty of potential for it to get broken by a rock that was kicked up, or something. Or worse, drive it through a big puddle and short it out.
I don't believe that would ever work. I thought about doing the same, but the guy that got a custom flywheel made posted pictures of a flexplate nested with a flywheel and there isn't any way that would bolt down without deforming the flexplate.
That looks like a flying magnet setup, which wouldn't work with the SMPI. The OE EFI needs a hall effect sensor, the output from a flying magnet setup are different. Not sure what he is selling there, but I don't believe it would work with a Magnum EFI ECM.
Perhaps scribe a line or drill a small hole to signify where TDC should be on the balancer? Line the mark up with the mark on the balancer and bolt it down? Means that it can still be install wrong, but at least with a little thought it would be done right.
I have heard you can run a A833 behind a later v-6 bellhousing that would allow you to run the 143T Magnum flywheel. Pretty sure you have to relocate 2 of the bolt holes, so it isn't a bolt on deal. And then you still have the issue of even less starter clearance in an area where it is already too tight.
Last option is to run an AX15 or R154 with a later Dakota/Ram bellhousing and a stock flywheel. Same issue as above in regards to starter clearance.
I toyed with the idea of mounting a tone wheel to the end of the cam and drilling a hole and mounting a sensor to the timing chain cover. That got too complex, so I dropped it.
BTW, I think the reason the factory put the CPK in the bellhousing was to protect it. Up on the front of the engine, there is plenty of potential for it to get broken by a rock that was kicked up, or something. Or worse, drive it through a big puddle and short it out.