Flywheel questions...

DionR said
Any more info on this? Were there bosses there to drill and tap or something? I don't remember any on mine, but I don't remember looking either.

I've planned to cut the starter pocket out and relocate it to match a 130T flywheel. I was going to drill a flat plate to match the pattern on 727 bellhousing and then use that to fix the starter pocket location before welding.

Really rather just drill some holes.

I see no reason to go through all of that work when I can just use an 11" flywheel drilled for a 10.5" clutch.

72BBSwinger said
Man I thought a T56 was a big job, relocating the fricken starter pocket?? So you guys go to all this BS to use a "cheap" trans and at the end of the day you have a sub standard trans with a clutch that sucks or a mickey mouse starter setup or both. WTF is the point again?

You thought the T56 was a big job? There isn't really any thoughts about it, it IS a big job. As for "all this BS," I don't really see what's so complicated about the swap. Everything is there, the only thing that really needs to be custom built is the pilot bearing and that's not exactly complicated. What exactly is sub-standard about the MA5 transmission? What's mickey mouse about using the stock 5.7 hemi starter with the 3.9L bellhousing? I've never seen someone have such a chip on their shoulder about people being inventive and trying to use parts that are readily available, proven and cheap.