Turbo Lag

[ROBWINGDING]

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NEED ADVICE ON CAUSES OF TURBO LAG. IT TAKES MY CAR ABOUT 3 SECONDS TO KICK IN AND ITS DOING MY HEAD IN.

[Minty]

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NEED ADVICE ON CAUSES OF TURBO LAG. IT TAKES MY CAR ABOUT 3 SECONDS TO KICK IN AND ITS DOING MY HEAD IN.

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Is it std? when you say 3 seconds... how far up the rev range would you say? Is the turbo still boosting hard but later in the revs.

[ROBWINGDING]

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NEED ADVICE ON CAUSES OF TURBO LAG. IT TAKES MY CAR ABOUT 3 SECONDS TO KICK IN AND ITS DOING MY HEAD IN.

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Is it std? when you say 3 seconds... how far up the rev range would you say? Is the turbo still boosting hard but later in the revs.

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NO IT DOESNT BOOST TILL 3 SECONDS THEN THE GAUGE STAMMERS TO THE TOP OF THE RANGE. TURBO IS STANDARD I THINK STILL BOOSTS THOUGH JUST NOWHERE NEAR AS GOOD AS IT DID

[GiJoe90]

Sounds to me like you need to check the dizzy cap, rotor arm, spark plugs and leads. Maybe time to renew them.

Joe

[shaf2000]

somone else was suffering from this a little while ago, turned out to be a split in the intercooler pipe

[Matthew_McNally]

[Skeete]

Sounds to me like you need to check the dizzy cap, rotor arm, spark plugs and leads.  Maybe time to renew them.

Joe

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I think you should take the car into a dark garage, rev the engine from the bay and watch for any grounding sparks on the dizzy cap. Really easy to get cracked etc..

You should also check your pipes and tighten anything loose.

If you put your foot on the clutch and rev up high does the car stammer as it revs up? If it does then its most likely your dizzy cap.

Get some WD40 and spray this on the dizzy cap, leave for an hour and try again, if its any better then its the cap for sure.