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Originally Posted by JB3
3.69 will definitely improve your hill starts, but kill your top end. What's your usage, around town? Highway a lot?
Id consider a 3.07, or even a 3.46 out of a NA 300D. 3.07 diff is by far the most common though, might give you the added oomph for hill starts, while still giving you decent highway performance
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X2 3.07 is probably the best long term solution to your hilly environment with an OM617a
But it does sound like engine health could also be an issue.
Whilst I haven't driven around San Francisco like a local might I didn't have any trouble - it was a bit like some parts of Devon actually minus the high hedges, cows, sheep, tractors and poobooters of course.