Vitesse throttle controller

[KILLA BEE]

Originally Posted by f5journal

Something's wrong here.

Hmmmmm i dont think so. Dont have mine yet buts its five pages of other maros saying its AMAZING. now this one guy says this.. Hmmmmm fail

[JGiovando]

Are you guys standing on the brake to spin the rears cause I can do that in my Acura tl, thought this would be something different that's all. And yes expectations nearly always lead to disappointment. Well keep playing and update later.

[JGiovando]

And that's I posed the question starting this thread, all the reviews seemed overwhelmingly positive.

[19car69]

I am not standing on the brakes to spin the rears. You should not need to do that to spin the tires unless you have really good traction with your tires. Even before this I could spin the tires easily. Now I can spin in first and get a nice squeal when I go to second if I want. I do have a manual transmission. Maybe that is why some of us are seeing it and not others.

[KILLA BEE]

Originally Posted by JGiovando

And that's I posed the question starting this thread, all the reviews seemed overwhelmingly positive.

I wouldnt sweat it. Theres been to many positives vs that one negative.
And noone was stepping on any brakes to spin. lol they were trying there hardest not to step on the pedal to hard to keep from churping.. I still say its something fishy about that one comment. Now if we hear multiple negative comments ok

[KILLA BEE]

Originally Posted by JGiovando

I'm also complete bolted on for those of you wondering (k&n cai, ported throttle body, high flow cats, exhaust , etc

Ok who do you work for lmao
With all the stuff you say you have bolted on you shouldnt need the controller to spin anything.....so who
Paid you off budddy

[f5journal]

My point is that Giovando said he's not feeling what others are reporting. It sounds like something is wrong with his unit or something. This is a very very obvious difference in feel.

[Jenner]

Originally Posted by KaBoom1701

Remember.......cheap skinny cold tires = spinning with the controller on SP09

Large track warm rear tires = no spinning.....

with the stock tires I could let the tail end slide (with TC on) and now with the supercars if it does slide it's very minimal and easy to control.

[19car69]

Originally Posted by KILLA BEE

With all the stuff you say you have bolted on you shouldnt need the controller to spin anything.

That could depend on his tires. Warm, good traction tires could still be hard to break loose. I would have thought he would feel the difference with the throttle response though. This doesn't make our cars feel like a vette or anything, but it is hard to argue the numbers that have been posted for 0-60 differences. I can't think of any other mod that costs less than $200 and gives that kind of performance increase.

Now to put away for a extendolator and ported intake manifold. Need to see how they compliment the system.

[DSX_Camaro]

Something else that bothered me was that there was no discernible change in 1/4 mile times for those that have used it...

Yes, it doesn't increase horsepower. Insert that statement infinite times. However, a car that runs a faster 0-60 will have a lead and thus trap sooner than a car that has a slower 0-60, equal power and traction and such. And if you don't trap faster... what's happening?

Obviously I mean on average. Also not saying a massive gain, but correcting all times for DA should show at least a few tenths gain on average, right? Especially with Vitesse's own statement of "A more responsive 400hp engine will outrun (other than top speed) a less responsive yet more powerful 450hp engine on the track assuming driver skills and vehicle suspension tire adhesion etcetera being equal in the same car every time."

Just waiting for a larger sample size, honestly. I kinda want one.

[horizon670]

I said on the Track ! Not Drag Racing.

A more responsive 400hp engine will outrun (other than top speed) a less responsive yet more powerful 450hp engine on the track assuming driver skills and vehicle suspension tire adhesion etcetera being equal in the same car every time

Because on the Track, you're not always at WOT !

[horizon670]

Originally Posted by JGiovando

Well, I got mine this morning, installed it a few minutes later, no biggie. But so far I'm not feeling what many are reporting. Started at sp0, moved on to sp5, then sp9. There's a little more response but even with the nannies off the back wheels won't come loose. No neck snapping, etc. Gonna keep driving and playing with it but so far I'm underwhelmed.

What do you mean, when you say " there is a little more response " do you feel any time difference between when you touch the gas pedal and when the car starts accelerating ? Try doing that when you are on SP9 at a fixed speed, say 35mph, on Manual mode on 2nd gear, push Gas.
Do the same thing after you push the B button just once to go back to SP0 ( Stock ). Do you notice that the car responds faster on the SP9 ?

You have a V6 LFX. It takes about 100 miles for your engine to learn the new device.

You're in Palm city, FL, (warm weather). Not as easy to spin tires even with your bolt-ons mentioned above.

[IneedAZ]

Originally Posted by horizon670

You're in Palm city, FL, (warm weather). Not as easy to spin tires even with your bolt-ons mentioned above.

Yep, i have a ton of mods, and still hard to spin the tires

[KILLA BEE]

Originally Posted by horizon670

What do you mean, when you say " there is a little more response " do you feel any time difference between when you touch the gas pedal and when the car starts accelerating ? Try doing that when you are on SP9 at a fixed speed, say 35mph, on Manual mode on 2nd gear, push Gas.
Do the same thing after you push the B button just once to go back to SP0 ( Stock ). Do you notice that the car responds faster on the SP9 ?

You have a V6 LFX. It takes about 100 miles for your engine to learn the new device.

You're in Palm city, FL, (warm weather). Not as easy to spin tires even with your bolt-ons mentioned above.

If not can he have a bad unit?