Another loss of power

[dankman]

I've noticed something very weird with my beloved beastie of late.

At first I put it down to Traction Control cutting in. But of late I cant see the pretty yellow light flashing in the corner of the dash telling me to back off a bit.

It's only happened about half way through 3rd gear and on very crisp nights.

Has anyone had this happen? It feels and sounds like traction control cutting in, but as I said, no warning light. I can also hear the turbo cutting in and out as the motor stutters. But just back off and WOT again and away she goes.

[JB]

I've noticed something very weird with my beloved beastie of late.

At first I put it down to Traction Control cutting in. But of late I cant see the pretty yellow light flashing in the corner of the dash telling me to back off a bit.

It's only happened about half way through 3rd gear and on very crisp nights.

Has anyone had this happen? It feels and sounds like traction control cutting in, but as I said, no warning light. I can also hear the turbo cutting in and out as the motor stutters. But just back off and WOT again and away she goes.

Dankman, you say it happens on crisp nights, I find when it's cold mine overboosts when accelerating hard which means that the car then coughs a little so I back off. I can tell this via the boost guage, but also factoring in that I have a 2nd CAI.

Are you finding when this happens the car still feels quite quick, even to the extent more powerful than normal?

As a turbo car operates on air pressure, the density of air also is a big factor, this means you will find you have more responsiveness and power in cold whether and it may feel sluggish in hot whether.

Just a suggestion, it may not be the problem, but hopefully it may be an area you have not considered to be the problem.

[RAPHOON]

I've noticed something very weird with my beloved beastie of late.

At first I put it down to Traction Control cutting in. But of late I cant see the pretty yellow light flashing in the corner of the dash telling me to back off a bit.

It's only happened about half way through 3rd gear and on very crisp nights.

Has anyone had this happen? It feels and sounds like traction control cutting in, but as I said, no warning light. I can also hear the turbo cutting in and out as the motor stutters. But just back off and WOT again and away she goes.

I've had this occur on a couple of occasions on cold days. Particularly in third gear. Once I back off the throttle the issue goes away.

I figured this was an overboost issue, which will go away once a chip has been installed.

[dankman]

I've noticed something very weird with my beloved beastie of late.

At first I put it down to Traction Control cutting in. But of late I cant see the pretty yellow light flashing in the corner of the dash telling me to back off a bit.

It's only happened about half way through 3rd gear and on very crisp nights.

Has anyone had this happen? It feels and sounds like traction control cutting in, but as I said, no warning light. I can also hear the turbo cutting in and out as the motor stutters. But just back off and WOT again and away she goes.

Dankman, you say it happens on crisp nights, I find when it's cold mine overboosts when accelerating hard which means that the car then coughs a little so I back off. I can tell this via the boost guage, but also factoring in that I have a 2nd CAI.

Are you finding when this happens the car still feels quite quick, even to the extent more powerful than normal?

As a turbo car operates on air pressure, the density of air also is a big factor, this means you will find you have more responsiveness and power in cold whether and it may feel sluggish in hot whether.

Just a suggestion, it may not be the problem, but hopefully it may be an area you have not considered to be the problem.

Yeah I figured it could be something like that. It's getting annoying though because it's been cold at night here on my way home a lot more often than not for the past few weeks. But other than that my car seems to be getting even better with age. I love my beastie

I'd like to go back to C&V at some stage and see if I can beat my prevoius best (and APS record) of 215.1rwkw for a complete stocker. I recon the dank beastie will do it, with ease I might add.

I'll ask Biti when I go back there in a week or so for the 45k service. See if there are any overboost issues, anything else other members could think of?