Your experience matches other members who have also added a throttle controller. A use of the Search Community at the top of each page will bring up a number of related posts. To clarify, you can mention the brand but not include a non-supporting vendor url per Vertical Scope posting rules. However, we do have vendor that specializes in throttle controllers Not new, just went from Member to New Supporting Vendor

 

For years I thought throttle controllers were snake oil, and owners were experiencing little more than the placebo effect. Then a friend who I trust greatly told me how happy he was with one he installed (on a non-Corvette). Since the unit has a 30 day money back guarantee, I decided to give it a shot. I was wrong, the proponents are right. It doesn't increase measured performance, which is always tested at full throttle, but at part throttle it definitely "wakes up" the car, and makes it feel like a sports car is supposed to feel. It's just much livelier that it was with GM's slow throttle tip-in.

 

Isn’t it easier to correctly modulate the throttle coming off turns with less aggressive tip-in? bob

 

In general yes, but the stock throttle mapping is very slow at small throttle openings. There's plenty of room to make it more "aggressive" without making it hard to modulate. The nice thing about these units (at least the one's I'm familiar with is that the have a wide range of settings the owner can select from. You can make the throttle only slightly more aggressive, or so aggressive it's almost undriveable, and anywhere in between. I have my Soler unit set to something in the middle of the available options (less than halfway to max), and have no issues modulating the throttle, even at very low speeds like pulling into my garage, or backing out.

 

"YES"!!!!!

 

Understood; to each his own. To me it seems like trying to fool yourself into thinking the car is extra powerful. I’d rather adapt to the car than spend time and money to just make it seem different than it is. But it’s easy to understand why some people would really prefer their Corvette to feel that way! bob

 

@bob67327 - I understand what you are saying that it doesn't give you more power and agree but I think from my perspective that it boils down to a play on words and how someone describe what they are feeling figuratively vs literally speaking.

I don't know that people are trying to fool themselves to believe with the throttle controller that it becomes instantly "more powerful". What they are trying to describe is that the throttle pedal response is "MUCH more responsive" in which I agree! The reaction/responsiveness is head and shoulders over stock responsiveness so it does gives the "illusion" that it is more powerful but the reality or the better description is that it is much more responsive and it is a world of difference from my experience.

I too have the Soler brand Throttle Controller "TC" and you can adjust the responsiveness from 1-10 and anywhere in between but at the higher number you do have to learn how to feather the pedal acceleration in the event you want to go WOT. I describe it as reaction time of acceleration is more responsive when pressing the pedal so intuitively one could describe as more "powerful" vs "responsive" so its more semantics play of words on how someone describes how they feel and not literally "more powerful". For me, I would describe it as being more responsive and makes it feel to be more powerful.

 

I’m with you Barberman! I installed mine two weeks ago and wow, I feel like the performance matches the looks.

 

Agree, Kyle.

My prejudice comes from my long ago youth, when I became aggravated by most cars feeling more powerful than they were. Many cars went to mostly WOT when the pedal was only half-way down. Fooled you into thinking you had extra passing power, which wasn’t there when you wanted it. Even a bit dangerous, potentially, way back in the distant past.

I don’t think nearly as many cars are like that now. But my prejudice against aggressive tip-in survives in my old age. bob

 

Not only are most cars not like that, powerful cars have gone in the opposite direction. Very slow tip in to try to keep drivers out of trouble. From one extreme to the other. Something like the Soler lets you get a better balance between the extremes.

 

Here is the thread from the vendor which explains how the Throttle Controller Works and What it Does. Hope this helps everyone understand conceptually.

Soler Prf. TTC Explained, From Right foot to Rear Wheels

Hello, folks. Check out this setup, the Soler Performance Modified Throttle Bodies (TB) and Soler Performance Throttle Controllers (TC). Which one does what? How? We hope this simple presentation helps you understand. Here we compare a single driving condition under the stock setup vs. the...

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Soler Prf. TTC Explained, From Right foot to Rear Wheels

Hello, folks.

Check out this setup, the Soler Performance Modified Throttle Bodies (TB) and Soler Performance Throttle Controllers (TC). Which one does what? How?

We hope this simple presentation helps you understand. Here we compare a single driving condition under the stock setup vs. the Soler Performance Total Throttle Control (TTC) setup. It is a single point of reference to make things simpler but, the same can be said of any other driving condition between idle and wide-open throttle. Thanks.

Conclusions:

The same amount of throttle opening (25%) was achieved with both setups (Stock and Soler Prf.).
The difference is that with the Soler Prf. setup required less pedal input thanks to the TC and the engine gets more airflow/power thanks to the TB.

TC Only: Less pedal application can be made to open the throttle body the same amount.
Feels more responsive by itself by scaling information/voltage to the ECM. Zero power addition.

TB Only: For any amount of throttle opening we get more air b/c the throttle body geometry was designed to do so.
Feels more responsive by itself by adding air/power. Smoothest response curve and makes it more predictable.

Soler Prf. Total Throttle Control: TTC = TB + TC: The addition of these two independent effects above.
Feels much more responsive than any single solution, smooth, predictable, and adds a moderate amount of power at every single throttle position.

 

Curious if anyone knows the opinion of the people at the Ron Fellows Corvette Driving School (?). bob

 

They keep their cars pretty much stock. I doubt they've ever put one on a school car. Maybe some of the instructors have put them on their personal cars.