Throttle controller

[BrianElloy]

Hey peeps - has anyone used one of these to intercept the throttle pedal signal in order to address the throttle delay?


iDRIVE Throttle Controller For Land Rover Discovery 4 2009-2016 | iDrive Australia

[l00kin4]

I’ve had one for about 12 months now. I’ve tried a few different modes and I’m not completely convinced. The lag is still there but perhaps not as bad but maybe I have also adapted my driving to some degree to allow for it...

It certainly hasn’t made anything worse.

Sorry that probably isn’t particularly helpful.

David

[Tombie]

I wasn’t convinced. For example with a TD5 you can alter throttle mapping during flash upgrades to be faster etc. and believed these units just replicated pushing the throttle harder/further.

I bagged them a bit on here for that reason.

So I figured I’d speak to a manufacturer, get one, try it.

I’m impressed with how it performs. It really does change the vehicle response. You don’t get any more power. Just an enhanced throttle curve.

[Vern]

Had one on our amarok, made it sooo much more driveable. After a couple of years i wondered if it was still doing anything, so i unplugged it, car was such a slug to drive. Yes they work

[Saitch]

Does it affect the performance of the various off road mode settings in a Disco?

[Tombie]

Does it affect the performance of the various off road mode settings in a Disco?

In offroad settings you would be smart to adjust it to one of the slower settings or switch to off.

You certainly wouldn’t want the dynamic throttle modes!

[Discodicky]

Hey peeps - has anyone used one of these to intercept the throttle pedal signal in order to address the throttle delay?


iDRIVE Throttle Controller For Land Rover Discovery 4 2009-2016 | iDrive Australia

Justin fitted one for me to my MY13 TDV6 about 3 weeks ago.
The difference is amazing.
Am still playing with the settings but its difficult to image someone wanting to set it at or close to 'max' as it would be far too touchy.
As Tombie says, it would probably be best to set it to factory std for offroad work.
Takes about 1 sec to change each setting, just scroll.
The engine responds sooo much quicker and absolutely no doughyness or hesitation at all compared to std.
It's almost as though it is "chipped" due to instant response.
Love it!
PS. IMHO the I-drive is the pick of them, albeit most expensive.
More settings to play with.
Dead easy to use.

[Tombie]

I just leave mine on Auto on road.
Offroad I tried it in Auto and let’s just say it can be a handful

But I wanted to see what it was like

[INter674]

[QUOTE=Discodicky;2999129]Justin fitted one for me to my MY13 TDV6 about 3 weeks ago.
The difference is amazing.
Am still playing with the settings but its difficult to image someone wanting to set it at or close to 'max' as it would be far too touchy.
As Tombie says, it would probably be best to set it to factory std for offroad work.
Takes about 1 sec to change each setting, just scroll.
The engine responds sooo much quicker and absolutely no doughyness or hesitation at all compared to std.
It's almost as though it is "chipped" due to instant response.
Love it!
PS. IMHO the I-drive is the pick of them, albeit most expensive.
More settings to play with.
Dead easy to use.[/QUOTE

So I'm guessing fuel consumption will be a bit more cause you don't get something for nothing..presuming the device simply dumps more fuel earlier on the tps curve to get the sharper response?

[rocket rod]

I've had my car remapped by Autocode here in Perth and I'm happy with the power/torque increase but there is still a lag at take off and when accelerating away from a corner. Will this help with the cornering? I think this is more to do with the transmission thinking what gear to go into as the real problem. Will this device help that?