Beaten? The bones of the horse were bleached by the sun some time ago.
Anyway, its not so much the choice of trans as it is the lack of an old fashioned throttle cable that's to blame.
The throttle response can be markedly improved, with excellent response via tuning. If you don't want to go that route, another option would be the several plug-n-play throttle response adapters (essentially, they are signal conditioners, that tell the ECU to open the throttle more given less throttle input), which I believe also correct this issue reasonably well.
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