Thread: Gas Pedal Delay
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Old 09-08-2010, 11:52 PM   #222 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by IcedZ View Post
You do know electricity travels at roughly C (the speed of light - 3 MILLION meters per SECOND)... and most processors these days process data in fractions of milliseconds.
yep you're right, but step motors, ecu's, sensors, and relays dont work that fast. the step motors in the throttle dont snap closed to fully open at the speed of light - 3 million meters per second, it is gradual, as is the depression of the gas pedal.
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