Quote Originally Posted by 78Southwind View Post
In 2012 when Greg owned the boat the dampener plate broke a spring which ended up cracking the transmission case. Greg had the transmission case welded up and painted. He decided to go with a flexplate with a TCI Front Pump Drive Kits (spline drive). However, the boat has never been ran with this new set-up. I have the old Centerforce steel flywheel and the old Spline Drive Unit for the transmission. I am considering going with the old set-up (flywheel) and just buying a Heavy-Duty Dampener Plate.

Does anyone have any suggestion why one set-up is better than the other? From research on other forums I have seen some that like the TCI Front Pump Drive Kits and some that don't. Here's a couple pictures of the different set-ups.

Flexplate with a TCI Front Pump Drive Kits



Centerforce steel flywheel and the old Spline Drive Unit
You should get a hold of Bob/GN7 about this. There was a discussion about this somewhere before also, maybe on PB. Try a search over there. I'm assuming you're trying to find out so you can get the engine re-balanced.