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Originally Posted by Stretch
Thanks Charlie - I thought the OM616 has a bigger gap between the valve cover and the firewall like you say but I guess the transmission is also therefore further forward and so you need a longer front section on the propshaft. Do you know if the engine mount arms are the same on the OM616 and the OM617? The part numbers seem to suggest not.
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The reason the part #s are different may be that the damper shocks might be in a different spot. I did a turbo engine swap into an N/A car, and the arms fit just fine, but the holes for the shocks were in a different spot. The N/A engine had a bar bolted to the oil pan that had the upper shock mounts on it, but the turbo pan had no such mounting holes. I just deleted the shocks with no ill effects. You may have to get the turbo arms if you want the shock holes to be in the proper spot. Then again, there might not be the proper mounts for the bottom end of the shocks on the 240 body, even with the turbo arms......Rich