This delay... is a little frustrating.

Tap the gas.. wait... and hear the engine finally do as I requested a full second later.

Is there anything that works/helps?

edit: forgot to mention, I do have a cold air intake already.

 

the only one that works for me is to close my eyes

 

crank pully

 

Do the ground wire kit. It pretty much got rid of the delay for me.

 

world racing throttle controller blitz throttle controler they are like 300 bucks just deal with it

 

Really? That's interesting. Any certain kit you'd suggest?

 

Yeah def check out the World Racing DBW kit, it completely eliminates throttle lag. Also the pulley set (crank, water-pump, and alt) from NST makes a significant difference as well as adding a few more hp

 

convert to cable throttle body!!! or
world racing throttle control!!!!

 

This looks promising. Has the price come down any?

 

i did my own, its cheaper. I just used 4 ground points, 2 on each side of the head, and another two, one on each shock tower. i did it for my sound system, but it got rid of the lag as a bonus.

 

There isn't a throttle delay if you are refering to the throttle body. There is a delay in acceleration only cause of a few factors that you can fix to reduce it to a minimum.

1st depending on mods one step colder plugs (I did this on my tC with CAI and header it helped a lot)

2nd lightweight flywheel

3rd piggy back or standalone and get tuned

its that simple.

 

No, there IS a delay. While stopped, quickly hit the gas like a rev. After your pedal is back to the rest position, you hear the engine do what you just told it to. Delay.

 

Yes there is a engine lag issue but not a throttle or DBW delay causing this. Like I stated before you can change that 1 step colder plugs, lightweight flywheel, and piggy back or standalone.

 

colder spark plugs, and how would that solve a throttle issue of delay from when you hit the gas pedal to when the throttle responds? It wouldnt. Either a lighter flywheel (inertia, makes sense) or the programmable throttle body. The RAV4 had this problem as well. Toyota issued a re-programming of the throttle. I believe they did this only for emissions, once a year was up (epa approval wasn't needed anymore) they released the service bulletin to remove the delay!

So a programmable throttle body is what will fix it!

 

The reason I said one step colder plug my car stock would idle like crap, when pulling up to a stoplight it would idle really far down then come back up to normal after switching to one step colder plug it didn't do this and throttle response was improved. KOEO unhook the air intake tube and have someone step on the throttle you can watch it work fine the car's ecu is to play it wasn't tuned for racing it was tuned for emissions. Piggyback and advanced timing FTMFW!

 

This thread is probably the primary reason I even registered here on this forum. I have a 2010 with about 1100 miles on it now and have already been to the dealer with my "WTF" face on.
Ever since '98 I've been driving a cabled vehicle, either my Jeep Wrangler or a Pontiac Sunfire (I put 208,000 miles on that puppy).
Test driving the tC I attributed the funny shifting on the manual to needing an "adjustment period".
800 miles later, I'm still hopping around in 1st gear cussing at the top of my lungs 'cuz the engine isnt GOING when I push the pedal in and I'm letting the clutch out. I've even been to the dealer and they took me out for a drive in and said "Yep...we get a lot of that for those......" Operation is normal.
I'm having to retrain my right foot to jump the gun a little. Yay. Otherwise, I like my new car

 

I'm still not used to it... about half the time I'm either stalling, chirping 1st or finding myself switching to 2nd very quickly. 1st is so damn torque-y I hate it! I guess we just have to plan foot movements ahead of time.

 

can I see the points you used for your ground kit?

 

one step colder plugs? how does this fix the drive by wire throttle response? The plugs are in no way directly related to the speed that the ecu senses the throttle being depressed.
As far as the grounding kits, no real tests have been conducted, nor conclusive at that, in improving the stock circuitry. If anything these are more "psychological" improvements. Just like somebody saying "i definitely feel the difference with my i/h/e combo." Face it, there noisemakers. These improvements can barely be noticed with a stopwatch.
But if you are still interested in the grounding kits, check out the tech section

 

Once again there is not a delay in the electronic throttle body assembly. Put a mirror underneath your hood so when your hood is open out of the bottom gap you can see the throttle body. disconnect your air tube off the tb then turn the key on engine off and step on the throttle and watch your butterfly. No delay the delay is in timing of the ignition system, plugs used, and ecu tuned for economy not performance.