Your so called Chrysler tech is wrong. Period. The phaser is in the fully advanced position when not acted upon by oil pressure via the oil control valve. If you were ever to disassemble a cam phaser gear, as I have done, you would quickly realize this(assuming a reasonable level of intelligence). You may consider this petty and you may not be concerned about blowing your hemis up, but so you are fully aware, the cam will be in the full advance position (37*) and at higher rpm you will most likely experience piston to valve contact also resulting in catastrophic damage. Not my circus, Not my clowns.
Where I do take offense is when you say things like "Internet mechanic" and "petty" which insinuates that I and the other contributors to this thread have no earthly idea what we are talking about. I have had one of these engines since march of 2010. Back before swapping them was even considered. I was among the very first to even bring it up here. Since that nearly five years of time, I have spent MANY MANY hours researching these vvt motors in many places. Including the Internet forums for various sites and I have called or visited many G3 Hemi engine builders searching for information and viable options for various combinations of these engines. I have done my homework so to speak. Plus I do have some first hand, hands on knowledge too. I have torn mine down to a short block out of boredom and morbid curiosity. I even disassembled my cam phaser. Plus I did a cam swap in a 2009 ram for a friend. That engine runs just fine.
As far as your claim that the 08 back timing set will work on a vvt motor, well I don't buy it. I'm calling bullshit. If that were true, everybody would be doing it by now. If you have some evidence, great. Post a link or source and a phone number. Otherwise put up or shut up.
I started this thread for those who are interested in an Eagle vvt swap, to provide good info with links to back it up. Sure there are lots of opinions stated here too. That's life on the Internet. So until you or anybody else can provide some proof, I advise people to disregard that info. Do your own homework and research. Don't just believe what some guy on the Internet says. That includes me.
What I have learned from you is that the FAST XIM ignition may not work after all and that by replacing the tone wheel from the 09+ 5.7 engine with the 08 back 32 tooth style(which you could pirate off of an 08 style 5.7 crank with the 3 bolt pattern) will work with the MSD HEMI 6 ignition. Thanks for that contribution.
Lastly, this is not your personal build thread. So of you don't have any tech info to contribute to the 5.7 Hemi Eagle subject, I suggest you start your own thread.