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      11-11-2012, 04:01 AM   #1
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Turbo Lag w/ N26?

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Is a decent amount of turbo lag for the N20/N26 normal? It's hard for me to tell how substantial it is as I have never owned a turbo engine before. The only reason I am concerned is because I have read a bunch of articles that say there's no turbo lag with these engines. All of this assuming, of course that what I am experiencing is turbo lag. It feels like it takes a little less than a half a second to get going.
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I have the N20 and no lag. Get your car checked out.
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I have the N20 and no lag. Get your car checked out.
Do you drive a manual transmission? It just feels slow up to about 2000 rpm.
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Perhaps what I am experiencing isn't actually turbo lag?
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Hello,

Is a decent amount of turbo lag for the N20/N26 normal? It's hard for me to tell how substantial it is as I have never owned a turbo engine before. The only reason I am concerned is because I have read a bunch of articles that say there's no turbo lag with these engines. All of this assuming, of course that what I am experiencing is turbo lag. It feels like it takes a little less than a half a second to get going.
Does it feel the same in all driver modes ie: comfort, eco, sport?

The modes also control throttle response.
Comfort is ok, sport is very responsive and very nice.
Eco is awful. You give it throttle but it accelerates slowly as it's designed to help you save fuel. I HATE eco mode it zaps all feeling of driving a "sport" sedan.

Try sport mode and see how it feels.
Barring that being the issue, if you have a loose connection in the intake plumbing it will feel like lag as you're loosing boost.
These engines have very very little turbo lag, you shouldn't feel any lag really.
Again, if you're in eco mode acceleration will suck big time, and you'll be pushing the throttle deeper than you think you should just to get something close to "acceleration". I don't use eco at all.
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If you told me this car were a 6 cylinder with no turbos, I probably would not be able to tell you differently from behind the wheel.
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Yeah, I have been driving it in sport mode the whole time, and eco is indeed quite irritating. Throttle response seems alright, the car just feels noticeably slow up to about 1800 - 2000 rpm at which I feel a significant boost. I assume I should have my car checked out?

thanks for the responses guys!

Edit: Just wanted to add that it is only really noticeable when I push the throttle to a certain extent. Mostly when I floor it. In everyday driving I don't notice it that much but when I drive aggressively the problem very pronounced

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