Bumping this for visibility. I've owned 3 06+ over the last 10 years, put a combined 150k on them and just realized this existed. I've always felt like I have to press the throttle from a stop more in my current car than my previous ones so just did the adjustment, interesting to see how it feels.

 

I have adjusted many DBW cables and it makes a nice difference in the car. They are quite sloppy from the factory.

 

The Billman recommendation for slack in the DBW throttle?

-- Chuck

 

Was going to ask the same, hard to measure but mine seemed to be within Honda spec, but still felt very sloppy.

 

I need to know as well. If Billman thinks they're sloppy from the factory, then using the factory adjustment range ain't it, chief.

 

Tried this adjustment yesterday. I did not measure the droop of the slack in the cable, but I did adjust out about half of the droop. I made sure that I left some slack in the cable in the closed throttle position.
What I noticed was quicker response when blipping the throttle while idling in neutral. And, a quicker on gas response when completing the 1 -2 shift. As expected, once under power no difference in response since cable slack is already taken up.