[keon718nyc]

Originally Posted by SS6

Hi there, just new to the forum and relatively new to Camaro. Have had my 17 SS for a few months now and I thought at 455 HP it was going to be a lot peppier than the Golf GTI I traded in.

I noticed that at WOT it is a beast (no contest there) but daily driving feels a bit sluggish for a sports car of this power. Have been reading a lot about it and a lot of people go for a performance throttle body. Even Corvettes w/ the same engine do that.

Anyway in my research was leading me to either Katech, Tony Mamo, or Soler Performance. Slightly inclined to the later, but haven't heard of it other than among Corvette guys, has anyone tried the Soler? What do you think? Or have tried any throttle body at all? What about it?

Your heading in the right direction with what you are looking for. I felt pretty much the same way in terms of not fully giving what it feels like it could stock. My first thing was a CAI Cold Air Inductions, then came he Ported Throttle Body. After those 2 were paired together i felt much more of a difference like most here regarding sluggish on the throttle and through most gears. Forget about HP as you won't see any with these 2 but you will feel much more at ease when your foot hits the gas and possibly get what your looking for at minimal pricing for these type of mods. I am sure many can touch on the best working/reliable Ported TB for you and good luck and enjoy when and if you do!!!

[ctrlz]

Originally Posted by rayhawk

It sounds like someone may have set your throttle mapping to one particular setting, instead of changing with the driving mode. Go into your settings and check this. There is a huge difference in throttle mapping between track and sport.

The throttle modes go:
Snow/Ice - weather
Tour - Normal
Sport - Normal
Track - Track

There are also transmission shift modes for the automatic.
This is all worth checking in the settings.

[Jeb114]

With a driver a 17 Camaro is almost 600 lbs heavier than a GTI no throttle body is going to make that peppy.

[MackSteelPrivateEye]

Also Peppy is not really the correct word for the Camaro, more like grunt. The GTI is peppy and smaller which makes it feel like its going faster than it is. You really don't want to be driving a Camaro like a VW. Its 455hp and Tq. you have to respect that type of power on a city street. You need some space to wind it out. A bet the VW 1st gear tops out at about 15 or 20mph whereas we can hold 1st gear to over 40mph. Save your grunts for the highway and exit ramps or only when no one is in front of you. Plus it looks silly attempting to ZIP around in a car like ours on a city street. Looks cool just cruising.

[ctrlz]

Originally Posted by MackSteelPrivateEye

Also Peppy is not really the correct word for the Camaro, more like grunt.

One would expect the peppy vs. grunt comparison to reveal itself during the test drive. Methinks after a few months the OP is missing his smaller ride. Throw on a few mods and it'll all be better.

[Chris C 1SS 1LE]

Originally Posted by SS6

Good, that is one of my finalists, it came down to two choices for me:

Top picture is stock, 2nd Mamo, 3rd Soler.

I think they both removed the ridge, but mamo rounded it and soler made slots down into the body. On the other side mamo didn't do anything visible, soler had the same slots there and little cutouts on the blade. The soler shaft is skinnier too. I like their polishing job.

What I'm thinking is that if it works for vettes 7's, why not camaros 6, as far as I can tell is the same engine, same transmission, stock throttle body p/n is the same too.

Door #2...

[horizon670]

Yes, it's definitely the Throttle response that needs improvement on these cars. Even the Corvette including the Z06 with 650hp still needs better throttle response !


Your best option is a throttle controller

[SS6]

Thank you'll. Went for the TB the Soler, they have 30-day money back, if I don't like I'll try the Mamo, and will probably go for a Vitesse TC right after. Many people use both TB and TC. I'll let you know how it goes, will install this weekend.

[arpad_m]

Originally Posted by SS6

Thank you'll. Went for the TB the Soler, they have 30-day money back, if I don't like I'll try the Mamo, and will probably go for a Vitesse TC right after. Many people use both TB and TC. I'll let you know how it goes, will install this weekend.

Good luck I'm very curious about how this will turn out, don't forget to post back with your impressions.

[Scottyz]

Yes please let us know how this turns out.
I’ve been reading and watching reviews on the throttle controllers. They look interesting for sure. I feel the sluggishness in my Escalade , Equinox and Trailblazer SS. If the throttle controller works I’ll get one for each vehicle plus one for my ZLE

[horizon670]

so were you able to solve your Throttle response issue, have you tried the Controller or the ported Throttle Body ?