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Originally Posted by barry123400
If you live in a rural area of florida the 3.07 may get you by. If in an urban area where you really need all the acceleration the 240d can give you. The 3.07 may impact this too much.
People that have used the 3.07 could mention this reduction in acceleration . Plus percentagewise how much. Remember those five speed transmissions are out there but you have to dig to find one.
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I'm about 2 years (if memory serves-I didn't look it up) into my switch to a 3.07. Off the line acceleration improved (according to butt-dyno) with it as did 0-60 time (by about 3 sec IIRC). The 240D automatic starts in 1st gear. With the stock 3.69 on a full-throttle launch you are in 1st gear for about 7 femtoseconds
. The 3.07 lets you hold 1st gear for much longer-making it actually usable-and you are still in 3rd at 60 which is something I couldn't bear to do with the stock 3.69. I live in rural Oklahoma and it's pretty flat but often windy and around 1300 MSL elevation. The only thing I remotely dislike about the swap is the faceplant the car does between 50 and 60. If you are going uphill or upwind and want to achieve a speed North of 60 you better leave it in 3rd til 60.
Do a search under my username and find my whole thread about this very topic. I have nothing bad to say and would not own another 240D auto without doing this mod.