delay in acceleration with foot right down

[daNc]

Hey i've had my car VX Berlina II 3.8 auto for a month now and if i ever put my foot right down to the floor or close to it you dont feel the acceleration kick in for a second or two whether ur going 60 k's or 20 k's or stand still it makes no difference, as this is my first car im not entirely sure if this is meant to happen or not, if Not then what could be causing this? would be nice to have it alot more responsive when you want to pick up speed fast?
Cheers

[CHA53R]

It's normal.

[DLFHUB666]

sounds normal, you dont have a supercar.

[TonyJZX]

can you tune the ecu with a memcal or some shit to make throttle response better?

[Kieran263]

Mine doesn't delay that much, maybe half a second or so at the most, but mine's a manual.

[FATMOE]

That's a commodore for you!

[edals]

Yep Its normal, about half a second or so. bugs me too but what can ya do, they are family cars not race cars lol

[Tim Smtih]

bugs me too but what can ya do

Plenty, but it's gonna cost you. I managed to remove the horrid flat spot for the most part. Gearbox needs some work though.

[Kulwinder]

drive another commodore.
if same, then it is just transmission, takes time to shift gears. its normal.

if different, check throttle body or vaccume . may be sucking air from somewhere just before fuel.

[edals]

I found what can help is a exhaust system. The VX has a hiflow exhaust, has removed it some, the VY has stock its more noticed. but the VX was the same before i changed over the exhaust

[daNc]

I found what can help is a exhaust system. The VX has a hiflow exhaust, has removed it some, the VY has stock its more noticed. but the VX was the same before i changed over the exhaust

ah yea, well i am looking at getting a new exhaust sometime soon, probably the 2.5 redback catback with twin tip even tho im on my p's what are the chances of getting pulled up for it? lol they arent real loud are they?

[Potto]

hey mate
my vt recently was doing that for a while until the other week
when it started overheating because my radiator had a crack

now i asked the mechanic about the delay and he said
that when the engine i running hot it culd cause the transmission wall to heat up which causes a delay
so some advice is to check to see if your car is running hot.
before ya head gasket blows i got really lucky that i had no damage

[daNc]

hey mate
my vt recently was doing that for a while until the other week
when it started overheating because my radiator had a crack

now i asked the mechanic about the delay and he said
that when the engine i running hot it culd cause the transmission wall to heat up which causes a delay
so some advice is to check to see if your car is running hot.
before ya head gasket blows i got really lucky that i had no damage

Hey, i dont think its overheating as the temp gauge never goes above half way? about a month ago a mechanic said my trans fluid was a bit discoloured and is due for a flush i dont know if this would cause anything like delay?

[Sasha_85]

i aggree with the others saying its just a commodore thing ..

you gotta take weight of the car into consideration ..
i have a Type R Integra with 162fwkw at 980kg and its the most responsive thing running 12's ..

my VT took awhile to engage in response like said , family car not race car, 1.7 tonne car with only 147kw at fly or whatever they are ..

[BlackVXGTS]

The responsiveness (or lack thereof) in this instance has little to do with the weight of the car and everything to do with the electronic control of the transmission. My (standard) VN and VP V8s were magnificent in terms of changing gears quickly via kickdown. My VS Calais V8, by comparison, was very leisurely in changing gears via kickdown, and it was only after installing a shift kit and a host of other changes that I now have the sort of transmission that changes as fast as I want, up and down.

[blacknight]

Have you looked at your throttle cable? maybe its loose and doesnt open up the valve in the throttle body in fast response to your gas pedal

[BlackVXGTS]

Have you looked at your throttle cable? maybe its loose and doesnt open up the valve in the throttle body in fast response to your gas pedal

You need to have the throttle cable fairly loose on a Holden V8 otherwise it makes the idle speed too high.

[burleighboy86]

My Calais was like that, and is very normal. I jumped into a BA falcon after driving mine, and the responsiveness was 10 fold better.

[Ironore]

yeah sounds normal to me, id only start to worry if it was any longer than that

[deathwingelite]

I agree, its a commodore thing , the engine response annoyed me enough to buy a 2.5 " 'redback' catback exhaust, A '3A' pod which has been modded to my factory airbox, and i checked the throttle cable, which needed to be tightened. Response is better, but i'm still buying a high flow catalytic converter and getting it installed.

[Cameron P]

Mine doesn't delay that much, maybe half a second or so at the most, but mine's a manual.

Lmao!!!

What are you on about! You don't have an automatic trans so it doesn't kick back gears

And you shouldn't have any delays being manual!

=S

[MikeCuzzy]

my car VX Berlina II 3.8 autos

You have answered your own question, it's a family V6 automatic - not a S'Charged V8.

[Defected]

My 2 cents, if you want better response, buy a VN-VR with a buick motor, my vn had insane throttle response, auto let it down a bit though