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nokinidea said:
There is quite a large amount of pressure pre turbine as it's a massive restriction.
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But it's not 'boost' in the sense of it being a compressed charge like the compressor output, which is what I was refering to.

nokinidea said:
Semantics I know but I'm a piccky ****** like that. :p
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Oh I see, you were being a pedant.

penski said:
'Boost' is nothing more than an indication of a restriction in flow. The turbine restricts exhaust flow and shows 'boost'.

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Edit: bugger. Beaten like a ginger stepchild.
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This place can be amazingly anal at times, it's pretty obvious that when people refer to 'boost' in a turbo application, they are talking about what's being force fed into the intake. OK, the exhaust side may technically see 'boost', but I really don't think that's what Brendy was refering to when he mentioned boost and charge, it looked to me like he was talking about intake charge, and I was merely pointing out that there there is none on the exhaust side.

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In an amusing comedy turn the car excelled itself last night.

Took the shed out for a blast last night following a bad day at work.

Was cruising home at about 40 in 5th cooling the engine down on a pitch black country road. Everything cut out with no warning. I had no lights, no power, nothing. I couldn't even put my hazards on!! :mad:

Had to call the old man for a tow home and stand down the road to slow down traffic.

I'm so fed up with this its untrue. It was a dream to finally get one but its quickly turning into a nightmare and bankrupting me in the process. :mad: I actually hoped someone would nick it last night!

Its been suggested it could be all manner of melted wiring or blown fuses, and probably won't cost a lot to fix, but it also needs a new clutch cable as that's stretched due to the heavy clutch and a new heatshield. Its just never ending, and I'm seriously thinking about fixing it and selling it.

Anyone wanna swap for an Evo? :eek:
 
Not related to the type of car but the same thing happened to me, pitch black country road, and everything just goes whilst I was doing around 50mph.

I also lost everything, not even my hazards! I'm glad it was a long straight road as if it had been round a bend it could've been bad news.

Called up my Dad and as I was just finishing on the phone, everything came back on all of a sudden, I went home nice and steadily.

Turned out just to be a loose battery connection, it seems to work its way loose every 6 months or so. But it was still very scary!
 
Lets hope whatever it is it's the last thing you'll need to fix for a long time.

I don't think you should sell it yet, all you'd have done is spend money for someone else to enjoy it. Fix it, keep it for a while, enjoy it, then sell it.
 
Think you're pretty unlucky mate.

We had a very tuned Cossie and did a few thousand miles on it with no problems at all. a lot of it is how you and the previous owners care for the car. Great fun cars
 
Rilot said:
Get rid. Unless you're a die-hard cossie nut who can live with the problems, it's not worth it.

How much would you get for it?
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I am, or at least was, a die hard, blinkered cossie nut! I had heard they could be a PITA, but this run of bad luck is something else!!

Once fixed I would not let go for less than £12k. Despite all these niggly problems (blowing engine was pretty much my own fault for maxing it repeatedly), it is an extremely good example.

I hate it when it goes wrong, and love it when its working well. It hates me all the time!! :p

I'm going to have a look now at what it might be with a few pointers. Lets hope it fairly cheap!! :eek::eek::eek:
 
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