Everyone has their own definition of hesitation or bogging.
There can be hesitation/bogging off the line from a full stop, hesitation/bogging between shifts under full throttle conditions, there can be hesitation/bogging under light and/or modulating throttle. There might even be more situations.
Where I find the major annoyance is the third condition, hesitation/bogging under light and/or modulating throttle.
This hesitation/bogging can occur on the freeway, or driving around town.
Here is an example of the hesitation/bogging under street driving conditions
using flashpaq data logging.
I am accelerating from a stop up to 33kph (20mph) and RPMs reach 2,954, and throttle position reaches 30%, I then quickly let off the throttle for a fraction of a second and throttle position drops from 30% to 29%.
RPMs also drop from to 2,954 to 2,919.
Everything is normal up to this point.
Then I step on the throttle again and throttle position increases from 29% to 31% and 32%.
RPM's should start to increase as I step on the throttle, right?
Wrong. Here is were the hesitation/bogging occurs.
Instead of the RPM's increasing as I apply more throttle, the RPMs start to drop from 2,919 to 2,489 and 2,488.
This drop in RPMs, while I am applying throttle, is clearly felt as a hesitation/bogging feeling.
A drop of 430rpms in slightly over half a second is a lot. My only guess it is caused by the torque converter.