Would you notch a 727 bell that already has an inspection port in it?

Thanks for the replies!

Are you guys pretty sure about that? LOL I hope so as it looks like the direction I'm going in.

Seems weird they'd have that for timing as they already had the hole for the magnetic pickup on the front cover for checking timing

I looked at that inspection hole again. Seems a tad raggedy for something the factory put there. It's also a tad off center towards the passenger side, which puts it closer to where the CKPS hole needs to be - really not feeling warm and fuzzy about this! LOL.

Like I said, wanted to do the front mounted CKPS but after really looking it over again it looked like the less reasonable of the two approaches - once my miserable fabbing skills are taken into account, ha ha.

Got the engine and trans back out of the project yesterday and got them apart.

First big problem is that the weight on the torque converter interferes with the Magnum flexplate sitting flat against the the face of the 727's converter.


And ya, if you're wondering about that... I'll just say that this is "some miscellaneous older setup".
It's external balance, but they put the weights on the converter instead of on the flexplate.

More fun. Of course I also noticed last night that I used my 5.2 neutral balance FP on another project, and the only ones I have are weighted 5.9 flexplates. And of course the weighting isn't compatible with what's on than the converter.

I'm thinking I can drill through the spot welds on the weights themselves from the back, without getting into the flexplate itself and compromising it's integrity. Any thoughts?
I may be better off just hunting down another 5.2 flexplate

I may see about having the window wheel portion of the Magnum plate welded to the 727 style flexplate - that's if it will clear the weight.
Or I may see if I can remove the weight from the converter and have it tacked to the flexplate instead. That would be the better option, assuming I can somehow get the weight off without cutting to much which would affect the weight of the weight. LOL!


That's where I left off. Today I'll be looking into the best solutions to see which if any of these ideas will work.