03-29-2013, 09:32 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2013
Location: Edinboro, Pennsylvania
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Did you ever get that 300D flywheel in? What did that do to the vibrations?
I am familiar with the 34mm hole as opposed to the 35 mm hole in the crank, the difference in weight between the flywheels (and the mostly unavailableness of the 300’s flywheel), and the auto 240’s cross member. I have been searching this great forum for a while now to gain info on the swap before I get into it. Overall it seems simple enough although to complete but lengthy (to do it well). I find the vibration unappealing. Some said that their vibrations were substantially reduced after they installed the auto 240’s cossmember opposed to the modded auto 300’s. I hoped that in the years since those postings, there has been more progress on the issue or that someone had started with a 240 flywheel and made the switch to the 300’s. That person could say if that eliminated the vibrations. I don’t want vibrations but I also don’t want to spend money on an expensive flywheel that only slightly or doesn’t at all help the vibrations.
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Originally Posted by charmalu
Dan I don`t know how much HP these transmissions can handle. the 240 is 67hp, and the 617 na is 88. the 617 turbo is 123hp. I think this same trans is used in the 280SE gasser in Europe.
These MB transmissions have the 3 shift rods that connect to the side of the box from the shifter. you can`t exactly speed shift them.
The 4-spds are 1:1 and once in a while a 5-spd manual will show up, but they were only sold in Europe, and 5th is OD. the only way to find one over here is from a Grey Mkt car, as well as the heavier 617 FW.
I found a 617 fw after looking for 3 yrs or so, at PNP in Carson City, Nv. yr ago last Nov, with some snow around and a cold wind blowing. but when I discovered what treasure I found, didn`t think about the cold. 
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