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Originally Posted by clarkey1984
Older cars that were around before the dmf was invented didn't go around blowing their gearboxes to bits all the time, yeah they do smooth out vibrations but not to the point where damage would result if they weren't there in the first place, my old bmw E36 328i had a failing dmf when I sold it, the new owner (one of my friends) fitted a single mass conversion and a lightened flywheel, and the car spent a lot of its time sideways on track (drifting) which works the drive train really hard, and although it did toast a diff or 2, never had an issue gearbox wise witjout the dual mass, I drove it a few times after it had the conversion and it was more revvy, eager, and just felt better in general.
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Your friend's BMW 328i is a smooth 6 cylinder petrol, of course it's not going to damage anything. I would gladly fit a solid flywheel to a petrol V40, as my p1 petrol (never had a DMF fitted) is lovely and smooth. So Volvo's adoption of a DMF there was pointless.
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