K I'm surely not a fan of the throttle by wire but it is the way of the future, so we all have to get used to it. F1 cars now run a TBW set up so they do work. The disadvantages of cable are far over the TBW, for as with any electronic throttle there is no short death, it die's it's done replace it and everything's the same as b4. Cables stretch,Then people that don't know how to set them play with them and cause other problems, such as high revving keeping TB's open dumping too much gas into the manifold causing way to much heat, Heat warps things in excess.
If you opt to get real technical, Go find a older version of your motor and retro fit a cable system in, with money anything is possible, A time attack car may get better use out of a cable set up, a daily driver will be far better on TBW system in the long run feel never changes, unlike the cables of the past.
As far as response go's it's not the fault of the TBW system it's part to do with the motor's they are put on, Honda started making small high revving engine's not giant power plant's. These car's want to be revved hard therfore the bottom end is not the best power, the best power come's up top. high in the powerband. Think of it like a dirtbike rev it up and drop the clutch, no rev you stall. Now back to Honda motor's they are oversized dirtbike high rev motors, so give it a bit a gas first then it'll pull harder out the box.
The fun part of these car's is that they rev alot longer than other car's making them pull farthar and harder on the top. You may not fire off the line like an AWD Evo or Sti, but you rev higher down the track where most car's bump out, so as for response just use what you have in a diff manner and you will enjoy it more.
For the record I drive an Si, so I'm not knockin the Honda motor. I'm just sayin they have been like this forever, I started on a 93 hatch with a b16 swap then went to a Teggy Type R to a RSX type S to the Si ,each and everyone wanted to be revved.
