[NJScorpio]

Hmm...thanks guys for the suggestions, I will double check the connection, as I recall it doesn't use that white bracket to hold it together like stock.

So I started my drive today on SP0 (having not disconnected the VTC at any point, just changing the setting). I drove about 10 minutes without issue, and realizing that the stock throttle response isn't all that bad...but I decided, might as well see if this problem happens again...and bumped it up to SP8. I drove how I normally drive, and nothing out of the ordinary happened.

Yesterday was the first warm day, and the last time it happened was the first really cold day...so maybe it's just (somehow) related to sharp changes in temps.