Throttle-by-Wire

Eric Clark eclark at hoser.com
Mon Jan 21 16:01:07 GMT 2002


On Sun, 20 Jan 2002, Bernd Felsche wrote:

> It would appear that some of the OEM implementers have never
> actually driven a car. e.g. some VW TDI (so it's not really
> throttle, but it illustrates the problem) will reduce engine torque
> to idle if the brake and accelerator are pressed simultaneously.
> Well, boggle me pink, but isn't that precisely what you do when you
> heel-and-toe for downchanges into a tricky bend/corner to avoid
> breaking traction?

I can assure you that this is not the behavior on the C5 Corvette.  At
least not on my '99.  I feel no difference between it and any other cable
actuated car I've owned, with the exception that I'm pretty sure that when
traction control activates it decreases throttle instead of timing.

Eric

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