Flywheel questions...

72BBSwinger said
Yep ^^^ BUT the truck is driverside starter
1. I dont know tooth count of said truck flywheel
2. UhCoog and myself are using the starter from said 05 Ram with our 10.5 130 tooth flywheel with Quicktime Bells???
3. To OP the transmission doesnt care what clutch is in front of it as long as the spline count matches, the clutch diameter can be whatever the flywheel needs.
4. Having said that, what does this MA5 trans use for input shaft?

I understand the clutch just has to match the diameter of the flywheel, I was just trying to use the smaller 10.5" clutch for the lighter weight and availability. The MA5 has a 26 spline 1.125" input shaft. The 3.9L bellhousing is driver side starter, used a 143 tooth 11" flywheel, and it was different in that it used a 10.5" clutch. The 3.7L bellhousing uses a 10.5" 130 tooth flywheel, passenger side starter and 10.5" clutch.

Jousi said
I am using same bellhousing but with R154 (Supra turbo) behind 5.7. Member Buschi have same combo in his 6.1.
I bought a hemi 3G aftermarket flywheel 130 teeth from ebay, MP starter for 2005 5.7 RAM, then drilled and taped starter closer to the starter ring. Advance adapter clutch disc 10,5 with Toyota spline, MP hemi pressure plate. Been working nicely 4 years.

Excellent, it's good to hear from somebody who has done a swap from the Aisin line of transmissions. I know of Buschi and also Clair as well as a couple other members I think that have done R154 swaps but not specifically anything about the MA5. Only MA5 swap I've actually found was onto an srt-4 engine(something I was deeply considering). No small blocks or big block chryslers, so I guess I'm kinda pioneering this. I would love to get Clair and Buschi to chip in any information they can in this thread or my other thread in the trans section. I know Clair mentioned that you can't use the 3.7L jeep bellhousing due to the starter not reaching the flywheel but I'm curious as to what flywheel that was. Would it be possible to make it work on the hemi engine with a different flywheel? I know the starter is passenger side but I'm not bothered by that considering I won't be using T-bars with my RMS suspension. I'd really like to find a setup that can just be all bolted together so that guys with small blocks and hemi's alike have a reasonable 5-speed option. It's supposed to shift really smooth and can handle a fair amount of power, it's cheap and uses parts you can get at any good parts store or junk yard. Just makes sense to me... Outside of the need to make a custom pilot bearing, most of the other parts seem to be there.