Conversion Question

Well, you will be replacing the flexplate with a flywheel...so if the teeth on the flexplate are screwed up, you'll be fixing that at least.

However, if the teeth on the starter are messed up too, then you'll just end up eventually messing up the new flywheel.

So if you replace your starter at the same time, you should be good assuming your problem isn't due to misalighment, not having the index plate in or other physical defects I can't see from my desk at work.