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Ummm, one thing though - all the literature states that shorter cranks (of the same diameter / geometry) will be LESS prone to whip.

My thoughts on the DMD: I beleive it was a NVH improvement made possible by cost reductions from the new non-glued elastomer pullies. My 97 SE glued damper used to cost 140 dollars. The new "cheaper" non-DMD stock pulley was like 40. Ford probably figured out that for less than what they used to pay for a single mode they could get BMW-smoothness. Cut it in on the Mondeo first (which competes in a bimmer market) and role it out accross the fleet later. Quoting procyon's post: "There are DMDs now on a lot of Ford engines. I believe that all of the Modular 4.6,5.4, 6.8L engines have them now."