289 flywheel ring gear

Were the ring gears on a 289 manual trans flywheel cast iron or forged steel

Thank you Dan there is a flywheel listed on e bay that looks like it has a crack in the ring gear . i once had a ring gear with a small crack just enough to make it slip on the flywheel when starting the engine, it sounded like a bad starter grinding

I have not seen any weld or seam in a ring gear not to say some did not, the issue i had on a 70 boss 302 was the ring gear started slipping on the flywheel i noticed that the engine was turning over much slower than normal when cranking along with a grinding sound, the ring gear actually cut into the flywheel much like a lathe would, metal filings were found inside the bellhousing from it i had to replace the flywheel as a replacement ring was to loose a fit.