Originally Posted by
onehundred80
I rather doubt that it was done for no reason. For instance it is possible that a new crankshaft was needed which was to use the same clutch as the 320. So a new flywheel was required as well as a new C/Shaft.
Or the elimination of some parts was required to reduce inventory over the following years,
With that said, I worked for a company that used standard parts which were required to fit old, new and future machines with no mods. How ever if someone of some influence in the company said we want a new part her, sometimes for no real reason at all they got it, lesser mortals were then left to sort out what other new parts were required to get the necessary interchangeability, sometimes it was not pretty.
What doesn't make sense is why some cars have the symmetrical pattern, while others have the 4+4 pattern. Mine has the latter, while some 2004 models have the symmetrical pattern, as do later years.
So some Crossfire's have the NA pattern. While my NA has the AMG bolt pattern. Very Odd.