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Old 09-01-2011, 12:09 PM
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Originally Posted by dropnosky View Post
if its a 240 flywheel, while a wonderful thing , those are pretty common at 28 lbs or so. The super rare ones everyone scrambles after are the 38 lb ones from the NA 5cyl.

However, thats still a pretty good deal. Flywheel alone is usually 50-100 bucks from yards.
Indeed - not quite right - but still a good deal...

...especially for someone who wants a manual in their OM616...

How about adapting these lighter flywheels to be as heavy as the rare one?

All I'm thinking is that if they are so expensive and rare in the US why not add weight and re-balance? Would that push the cost past the cost of the real thing?

(I guess here they'd want at least 3000 Euros for something like that - but in a country with more sensible labour rates...)
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