Fly Wheel hitting Blowsheild??????

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I put ten miles on my new cobra and it sounded like the starter solnoid died, one click. We then removed the transmission and tried to turn the engine over, and it was clearly the flywheel that was stuck. After removing the scattershield we saw teeth marks in the inside of the sheild and the engine turned again. The fly wheel was mising three teeth in three diferent areas. The engine is a 1966 428 PI. The flywheel is a McLeod aluminum flywheel. The starter is a rebuilt Autolite. I am hoping that it was just the teeth that came off making those marks and not the actual flywheel hitting. We also speculated that maybe the McLoud flywheel sat further back than a stock flywheel, thus touching the bell bousing as it starts to curve inward, but appearently the McCloud specs are the same. Hopefully a new ringgear and starter that meshes better will solve my problems. However, has anyone ever heard of a flywheel touching the acctual scatter sheild and it was lined up correctly????? If so does anyone know of different combinations of starter/flywheel/scatter sheild combos? Thanks for your help.