This is much like what I felt between my NA VW diesels and the turbo's, the NA's were just much easier to match RPM to speed when shifting, if that makes any sense. The 617 turbo feels like the VW turbo, just more so.

Wonder if one can swap a NA injection pump and just up the fueling some?
No ALDA, but, hmm.. I'm getting a headache, and a TDI in a Scirocco still looks like so much fun...

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

Tom,
You musta been chasin' the girls when they were trying to teach you new math. Tell me how those parts nullify the torque converter? They're all bolted together and rotate too!

The manual's pressure plate (something like 5-8 lbs) is bolted to the manual flywheel (~13 lbs?) for a total rotating mass of say, 20+ lbs. Engage the clutch and you get another 2 or 3 lbs of the clutch disk.

On the automatic, there's the flexplate/flywheel assy (7-8 lbs?) which the torque converter (say, 10-12 lbs) is bolted to. Counting the weight of the fluid in the TC, you have practically the same rotating mass.

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Dunno about IPs. They're a black art as far as I'm concerned. In the long run, it would probably be easier to just learn to shift the turbo. I don't find it all that problematic but it's certainly not a car that everyone can simply get in and drive smoothly.

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The 722.3 tc weights 20 pounds dry, plus it holds about 5 pounds of fluid...

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Over 21 years I owned several:
w108
w110
w111
w115
w116
w123
w124
w126
w212

Your probibly right. And I'll probibly end up doing just that.

Note to self: Buy NA 300D at some point and compare.

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

Does anyone actually KNOW of a documented problem using the 240FW, ever?

And knowing MB as I do, there's usually a reason for things, why in heck is the FSM so blatent and specific about using the correct flywheel? Can it be just drivability?

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1982 VW Caddy diesel 406K 1.9L AAZ
1994 E320 195K

Exactly, that's what I meant by "nullify". No difference, or very little.

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1984 300D Turbo - 4-speed manual conversion, mid-level resto

1983 300D - parts car

1979 300TD Auto - Parts car.

1985 300D Auto - Wrecked/Parts.


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"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there". Lewis Carrol

Oh, OK. I understand.

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Never a dull moment at Berry Hill Farm.

It's all about driveability, and Teutonic stubborness.

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