Digging for info - front drum explosion on 727s

Aluminum, aluminum with a steel band around it, and a new STEEL drum

is being manufactured by T.C.S. Check out their website. Lots of HD mopar transmission parts being made by them. Ask about their dealers in the U.S. WWW.TCSPRODUCTS.COM
Keep in mind, your old cast iron drum has how many miles on it???
It's not the miles on the drum, it's the overspeeding that causes the drum to come apart.