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Old 07-30-2013, 02:39 AM   #5 (permalink)
YukonCornelius
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Crapolier - '98 Chevrolet Cavalier base
90 day: 34.81 mpg (US)

05 CTS-V - '05 cadillac cts-v
90 day: 33.01 mpg (US)

95 Accord - '95 Honda Accord
90 day: 38.06 mpg (US)

11 CTS-V - '11 Cadillac CTS-V
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Originally Posted by Frank Lee View Post
I always suspected that a heavier than stock flywheel would enhance short-shifting and lugging/low rpm abilities. They went through a lot of effort to provide a dual mass system and there's probably a good reason for that.

I'm sure it does. If I have the space I can go from 0 to 25 mph without touching the gas pedal. I attribute a lot of that to the gearing (3.73) and the power of the engine itself. One annoyance, the flywheel is so heavy that I have to delay my shifts so the rpms can drop down enough.

Practically every performance LS motored car has received a normal flywheel weighing half of what mine does. The dual mass was strictly for comfort. They come loose after a while causing a shake on shut down, which I have. GM didn't think through a lot of the decisions they made when building this low production car, most of which was corrected in the new CTS-V.
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374,000 miles and tired.

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