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Originally Posted by ForcedInduction
In the automatic, a good 80%+ of the mass is in the torque converter and fluid. I'm looking at the auto FW from my TD right now and you could only take about 2-3lbs off it without affecting the structural integrity.
For manuals, it's faster and cheaper to use the 240D FW insted of lightening a manual 300D FW. I'm sure a few lbs could also be taken off the 240 FW, but it's pretty light for an OM617 as-is. Much more than a few lbs and it would probabley start to negatively effect the daily driving quality. The difference between the 240/300 manual is about ~8lbs.
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Thanks for passing along the great write up.
I believe the 300 fw weighs 7# more than the 240, wouldnt put $100 on it but thats the number I have in the back of my head.
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