[Xanthos]

So, I know the V6 will not be coming with launch control, and I know it would cost WAY too much to have them add it, but I spent some time looking into throttle stops when I had my 86 (and a cable throttle) and I was thinking about whether one would be able to use a throttle stop on a DBW system, assuming one just attached a cable onto the trailing end of the DBW pulley. This would then run through the throttle stop, which would keep the DBW from opening beyond a certain RPM as long as you held in the button to activate the throttle stop. Basically - hold button, hold clutch, hold gas. Then, you pop the clutch and the button and off you go (my idea was actually just to wire the throttle stop into the ignition safety switch - you know, the one that keeps you from starting the car if the clutch isn't depressed? That was both automatically disengage at the same time, but if I want to rev it beyond the throttle stop while parked, I can just put in neutral and take my foot off the clutch) - good in theory, but that still leaves my question.

Would this wear the s*** out of the DBW motor, or is it like a servo in that it doesn't really pull that hard if it meets more than expected resistance? I only plan on using the system a couple of times a week at best, but I don't want to kill my TB if I can avoid it. Anybody with experience on DBW systems know about this?

*****OR***** anybody with a DI CTS or with access to one want to do a quick test for me, and pop in in neutral, hold onto the throttle pulley while a friend steps on the throttle a bit? It would be easy to tell that way whether the throttle pulls too hard to validate a throttle stop. I would do it, but it seems I would look like a prat walking into a Caddy dealership just to stomp the accelerator a bit. Maybe I could convince them to let me test drive it without a salesman there... Yeah... as a poor 20 year old, I could definitely pull that one off...
- Xanthos