There does tend to be a slight pause when the accelerator is pressed in order to move the vehicle from standstill. This is probably due to the fly-by-wire gas pedal (ECT-i Electronically Controlled Throttle - with intelligence). I would like to know if other LS400's with ECTi suffer from this.

 

On my 2000 ES300, I have a hesitation problem when I accelerate hard from a standstill. Coincidence or not, it has happened when pulling out in front of traffic (turning right) and punching it. The car will almost come to a stand still and then take off after a couple of seconds. Dealer said they had no idea.

 

When you suddenly go from idle to Wide Open Throttle it takes a few milliseconds to reconfigure the engine and transmission from a good mpg system to a growling tiger, the engine value timing and intake plenum and the transmission torque converter lock-up.

The advantages of a manual transmission, my Porsche engine "knows" what I'm doing BEFORE I pop the clutch.

 

WWest what line of work are you in? You seem to be pretty knowelageble.

 

WWEST please answer my question!

 

I'm basically retired and my wife is running the company we founded jointly back in 72. The company builds new legacy computers, Nova, Eclipse, PDP-11, HP-1000.

strobedata.com

If you search for "pioneer 10" and "Osprey" you will find an interesting story about how we "rescued" the pioneer 10 program.

I admit to being a knowledge freak, I become interested in just about anything that somehow catches my mind's eye.

The internet has become my "book or knowledge".

 

Wow, nice to hear that. I have heard of that Osprey program before. You are a veteran of a sort. Nice to have you here