Gas Pedal Response
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Gas Pedal Response
I recently purchased a 2010 Grand Sport. I love the car except for the gas pedal which has terrible response to my right foot. I have seen the Sprint Booster Power Converter advertised but I would like other Corvette owners opinions of it. If anyone has used one it would help me decide whether to spend the money or not.
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I don't believe in those systems. Even their adds are suspicious. How many people go from a closed throttle to wide open at the strip? They all have the throttle opened and the engine revved up to some point. Same goes for the road courses. The engine is already running at a fairly high speed and although the throttle is closed while you have your foot on the brake you don't just jump on the throttle as you power out of a turn unless you want to do some agricultural work along side the track or see how your car looks with a guard rail sticking through the door.
The throttle body opens based on the ability of the engine to take an increased throttle opening under load. Opening it quicker would probably bring about the mother of big time bogs. Like having a 4 barrel carb that opens the secondaries to quickly. A lot of air and no gas. A fuel injection system would recover more quickly than a carb but it would still hurt performance.
I suspect the only improvement will be in the Customer's mind since the Customer will believe something better is happening because they spent money to make it better.
Bill
The throttle body opens based on the ability of the engine to take an increased throttle opening under load. Opening it quicker would probably bring about the mother of big time bogs. Like having a 4 barrel carb that opens the secondaries to quickly. A lot of air and no gas. A fuel injection system would recover more quickly than a carb but it would still hurt performance.
I suspect the only improvement will be in the Customer's mind since the Customer will believe something better is happening because they spent money to make it better.
Bill
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I recently purchased a 2010 Grand Sport. I love the car except for the gas pedal which has terrible response to my right foot. I have seen the Sprint Booster Power Converter advertised but I would like other Corvette owners opinions of it. If anyone has used one it would help me decide whether to spend the money or not.
helped a lot. And you are not fooling around with the electronics.
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From: Anthony TX
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St. Jude Donor '08
A ported TB and some tuning can make a significant improvement in throttle response. Contact Corvettes Of Westchester, Chuck COW. He does miracles with tuning and throttle response improvements..
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