Throttle enhancement
I have a 2016 GMC 2500HD Duramax and always felt a lag in the throttle and after some research I found that this is common complaint with owners of late model trucks and cars...gas or diesel. The manu...
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JIMNLIN wrote:
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The wife '16 1500 chevy 355 hp 5.3 6 speed tranny takes a bit of time lag after stomping the go pedal before the rear tires start burning rubber.
Its also noticeable trying to get out in traffic from a stop sign.
I'd say you're splitting hairs now. Having driven the same 2016 5.3 Chevy for 4 years now and about 20 others like it, I don't feel there's ANY dead pedal or lag. Sure it doesn't take off like our SRT8 but its a crew cab truck with 130 less hp and not tuned for the 1/4 mile.
Folks are getting a little off topic and seem to have forgotten how responsive newer vehicles are compared to older efi's and carb systems unless they were tuned perfectly. And how you couldn't just play dumb with throttle input on alot of vehicles and expect the best results either performance wise or transmission behavior.
Part of what people are complaining about now is exactly what they asked for, which is more safety features. Traction control will do multiple things...right away...to keep the vehicle from losing traction. Even with TC off, just a little slide and stability control kicks in, unless you disable the whole system (possible on some vehicles).
Example, driving in the snow is about 100% different in a vehicle with traction control and stability control than one where it does what your right foot tells it to do. Where you're pedaling it on an old vehicle to keeper on the road in snow, if you're trying to go fast with all the nannies hooked up, you need to anticipate that.
If you want to try to slide it around a corner, you have to intentionally speed up, maker slide and have enough momentum that the stab control is keeping you between the lines with enough momentum to actually slide. It's almost fun driving them "differently."
There is a real noticeable delay in some of the newer diesels. With Ram's dead pedal syndrome for several years being probably the most prolific example.
But I have yet to experience anything like that in any of the newer gasser trucks from the big 3, although I haven't driven the latest models, 7.3 ford, 6.6 GM or 6.4 8speed ram although I suspect they are quite responsive.
