118TSI Stalled

[ozgti]

Would this come up on a scangauge?

[Stoney!]

Hey log, did you by chance try driving it with the supercharger 'switched off'? Wondered what it would be like thats all.

Noticed sometime the supercharger kicks in a little premmie at highway speeds on hills, wondering if disabling this on long drives would lower my fuel usage lol.... That is if it's not bad for the car.

Stoney!

[ozgti]

TBH.. I'd rather the turbo not be there and have the whine of the blower ala Italian Job!

[craig_the_german]

Hey log, did you by chance try driving it with the supercharger 'switched off'? Wondered what it would be like thats all.

Noticed sometime the supercharger kicks in a little premmie at highway speeds on hills, wondering if disabling this on long drives would lower my fuel usage lol.... That is if it's not bad for the car.

Stoney!

Wouldn't a 118TSI with the supercharger disconnected simply be a 90TSI

[prise]

Wouldn't a 118TSI with the supercharger disconnected simply be a 90TSI

118kW with terrible turbo lag

[ozgti]

It drove like crap when the supercharger didn't work, but now it's back on again.. I wouldn't recommend not having either of the 2 unless it was done properly.

[logger]

Hey log, did you by chance try driving it with the supercharger 'switched off'? Wondered what it would be like thats all.

Yeah I have done so a few times. Its not as bad as you'd think. Just flat and gutless at low rpm but once is has a head of steam it still gets along perfectly fine. Like a 1.4l GTI really. As Prise said, it may still be capable of 118kw, sans the S/C, as peak kw occurs way above the engine rpm at which this particular supercharger possibly be be running (3500rpm). This would also depend on what strategy the ECU applies with the S/C unserviciable.

[cme2c]

TBH.. I'd rather the turbo not be there and have the whine of the blower ala Italian Job!

See, now I was thinking of the OLD italian job. That whine was the straight cut gears in the old mini.

Now for a whine from a movie, I prefer Mad Max!!

[ozgti]

See, now I was thinking of the OLD italian job. That whine was the straight cut gears in the old mini.

Now for a whine from a movie, I prefer Mad Max!!

Either or.. I'd love the whine! I've never been a fan of Turbo cars. But Blown ones.. Hell yeah! I even have an SC 14 waiting for a project I have!