Hi all I went to view a 16VT today.

Everything else was good but when I drove the car, it didn't seem particularly "fast". it accelerated very smoothly without much of a kick from the turbo.

I've owned several turbocharged cars, including a 200 bhp turbocharged Renault Clio. Normally If I floored it in 2nd gear in the rain I'd expect all hell to break loose, but this Coop just gradually accelerated with a barely noticable pickup from 3000 rpm.

Is this normal, or is there something not quite right?

Sounds like somethings not right, you should notice a real kick.

It could be the actuator has come off?

Thought there might be! Unfortunately the car's too far away to go and check.
Don't Coupes have an electronic boost controller? Could it also be that? If so, is it easy to just bypass it or use a manual controller?

When I say actuator i mean the actual rod that opens the wastegate, mines come off before and I got no boost it felt gutless.

Easy to check just give it a wobble and see if its adrift, obviously with the engine cold

More importantly did it have oil pressure and were the cams worn?

Oil pressure seemed okay to me. Didn't check cams though. Is cam wear a common problem on 16VTs? Is it possible to check cam wear without removing the rocker cover?

Its common if they are'nt looked after i.e oil changes, only reason i'm mentioning it is I got stung when I brought mine. Maybe a torch and try to look through the oil top up?

If you see anything that looks like wear walk away.

What about the cambelt, their very weak. If its been done try and make sure the balance shaft belt has been done as well, if it snaps it takes out the cambelt.

I know it makes it sound like a lot of potential problems but its worth checking and getting a gooden. I did'nt and paid for it