Official Test for NTD Throttle Control Unit

If i get beat by a Yaris, I will hang my self. , looking good GEE. now let's get some vids up.

Pansontw, you think we could get better then 28-30 MPG with this? i might go ahead and try one and test that out. i get a consistent 29 now and that doing about 78-80 MPH on the highway with cruise control on all the time. What do you think?

I will have a video up by tomorrow!!!! Sorry for that delay I got wrapped up in my manifold build

Originally Posted by NORULZleggy

If i get beat by a Yaris, I will hang my self. , looking good GEE. now let's get some vids up.

Pansontw, you think we could get better then 28-30 MPG with this? i might go ahead and try one and test that out. i get a consistent 29 now and that doing about 78-80 MPH on the highway with cruise control on all the time. What do you think?

If you get walked by a YARIS it isnt stock

well when you hear the HSK SSQ and then see the HSK Hi-power exhaust pulling away from you then you just might start to ball.

For the Yaris. We have customer w/ supercharged Yaris and reported the ETC made them scream while launching from still.

For the fuel efficiency part, I would say yes if you are just cruising on open road. But we do get some reports saying the ECO mode doesn't help because people tend to pass cars in front of them while cruising and don't even notice they press the gass w/ ECO mode on.---That would be no use for ECO in such situation. (You would burn more gas in ECO mode if pressing too hard)


Panson

Originally Posted by NORULZleggy

If i get beat by a Yaris, I will hang my self. , looking good GEE. now let's get some vids up.

Pansontw, you think we could get better then 28-30 MPG with this? i might go ahead and try one and test that out. i get a consistent 29 now and that doing about 78-80 MPH on the highway with cruise control on all the time. What do you think?

Originally Posted by GEE-OTTO

Hello forum friends and interested others. I haven't installed it yet b/c I left the office later than I wanted to yesterday. But the instruction call for the pedal assembly to be removed which after looking may not be needed because the connector can be removed while it is still attached it would make things easier but it isn't totally necessary.

Count me in for one of these, I will place an order on Friday... But the one thing that concerns me is " pedal assembly to be removed" GEE-OTTO, how did that fair for you? Did you actually remove the pedal? and if so, this require additional work? I'm going to order regardless, I just want to know what I'm getting involved in.

Thanks

Originally Posted by HuRRiC4Ne

Count me in for one of these, I will place an order on Friday... But the one thing that concerns me is " pedal assembly to be removed" GEE-OTTO, how did that fair for you? Did you actually remove the pedal? and if so, this require additional work? I'm going to order regardless, I just want to know what I'm getting involved in.

Thanks

NO pedal removal is needed for this install the plug can be reached no problem

Just need 2 more people for another discount on the group buy...
I know there's at least 2 of you out there who want it...

Originally Posted by polatinte

Just need 2 more people for another discount on the group buy...
I know there's at least 2 of you out there who want it...

I think the other two are still waiting on GEE's video to be posted... lol

VIDEO is up kinda shaky but i cant drive shift talk and film the greatest LOL

Originally Posted by Pawlwawl06

I have another burning question, how quick is the throttle response from a stand-still? Does the engine rev more quickly? As of right now, I come close to stalling out all the time because I touch the gas pedal and get no response and I'll slowly let off on the clutch at the same time and consequently the engine just bogs down. Its embarrassing to say the least. I've get to rev it 3 or 4 times just to be able to take off because the revs dont come when I want them to, and the car still manages to hesitate slightly....ughh i can't wait for this piece.

I go through the same thing. This isn't the first manual that I've owned but it is the first Drive-by-wire manual I've owned. It's taking some getting used to for sure. I've been reading the threads for this product and I understand that it solves the throttle lag that causes the 'problem' discussed above by improving throttle response but....now please have pity on my noobness...will this device solve the lag that exists between gears?
What I've experienced is that when you take off from a light in 1st rev to 3k rpm, push the clutch down and shift to 2nd, you have to wait for a second for the RPMs to drop sufficiently to release the clutch and feather the throttle. If you don't time it right you get some jerking/bucking. The amount of time you have wait between the gears changes under different conditions too (cold car in the morning/warmed up half way to work). The '05 mustang GT I had just went from one gear to the next when no hanging RPM's in between.
Again, this is my first DBW so if this is just something I have to live with that's cool. I've been working on figuring it out for the past 7,500 miles and I'm getting better. But if this product cures or at least minimizes this aspect of the DBW then I'm definitely interested.

Robert

GEE-OTTO, thanks for posting up the video review. seems like this is definitely something that would be beneficial for a lot of 2.5i owners

...what happened to the launch? :| lol
I love how the unit gives you feedback on how much the throttle is open, thats really cool.

need a co pilot for a launch hahahahahaha it is too dangerous and I wouldn't be able to show the real coolness of SP7 I will try to get that up soon

Originally Posted by katalyst

GEE-OTTO, thanks for posting up the video review. seems like this is definitely something that would be beneficial for a lot of 2.5i owners

It definitley mellows out the throttle for us