Another anti performance move and potential problem with Corvette C7 Stingray-dual mass flywheel

The Active Fuel Management system contributed to another can of worms the newest Corvette includes: dual mass flywheel.

Generally speaking, dual mass flywheel IS NOT implemented in cars aspiring to be real performers.  This measure is strictly done to reduce vibrations in the drivetrain.  As a rule of thumb, dual mass flywheels tend to be a can of worms of time bomb variety-not a matter of IF but WHEN instead.

Cars like Mini Cooper include a dual mass flywheel, it is there to dampen the vibrations caused by rather harsh 4 cylinder engine but... it adds drivetrain noise and tends to self destruct with time.

Since the newest Corvette includes that brilliant 4 cylinder mode, it seems +Tadge Juechter  and his team of +General Motors  parts warehouse scavengers took the 4 cylinder approach or at least tried.  Tadge already failed with the steel torque tube as he failed with hydraulic tensioner. 

However, not to make future too uneventful, there is the matter of that dual mass flywheel.  Since the dual flywheel tends to be heavier than its single mass performance oriented counterpart, the flywheel discs are thinner than they should be to assure durability and immunity to heat issues. 

What does that mean?  For anyone trying to extract performance out of the Stingray, there is a possibility of flywheel warping since thinner metal warps much easier than thicker. 

When the flywheel warps, this is when the real fun begins, getting to know the neighborhood GM dealer and praying the technician is able to properly install the torque tube.

Now, Tadge never really explained why the dual mass flywheel design had to be used but here it is nevertheless... Must be the same case of amnesia that caused Tadge to "forget" to disclose the 185 mph Stingray top speed and that still missing Nurburgring lap time.

BTW, there is only one effective way to deal with four cylinder engine vibrations, counterbalance shaft but of course the Stingray is already such a porker and LT1 would be the first V8 to include counterbalance shafts.  Thus, the only sensible and logical measure should be elimination of AFM but Corvette engineers still cannot add up their IQ numbers to create a 2-digit number, just like the typical buyers.