Bit of an odd one this - I am going on holiday next week and I will be using the scoob to take us to the airport. I will be leaving it at the hotel while away BUT they will bring it to the airport for us on our return - the last thing I need is for some t**t to see how fast it goes from the hotel to the airport, especially as the engine will be stone cold - it will end in tears (probably in the not too distant future) .

Is there an easy way to restrict the power or stop the turbo spinning up??

Thanks

 

If your that worried about it leave the car at the hotel and just jump in a taxi to the hotel, Job done

 

Would help if we knew what sort of car you had for specifics.

You can't stop the turbo spooling up completely without doing some work but there is something you can do quickly that'll get rid of most of the car's power. Disconnect (and remove) the standard boost control pipework and replace it with a length of hose running direct from the compressor bleed outlet to the wastegate actuator. This will give about half a bar of boost if you're on a TD04 and is easy to do (and undo when you get back).

If you really wanna be certain, I suppose the other thing you could do is to take the turbo hotside heatshield off, remove the circlip holding the wastegate actuator arm onto the crank, pull the arm off and put the shield back on over the top. This will literally stop the turbo spooling up at all. The downside is that it takes a good few minutes both to do and undo, which you may well not fancy if it's raining.

There are other ways of doing it - special ECU map with boost disabled and a dropped rev limit for example, but you need the ability to reflash your own car for that, so may or may not be something you can (or want) to get into.

 

as above really. if not maybe Offer the guy a tip to look after your pride and joy

 

leave a blood stained hatchet in the pasenger footwell ! they'll think your a crazy murderer and wont dare tan the car !

 

Thanks for the answers guys, I should have said its a 96 WRX . I will try your solution splitpin but I may just keep the keys and get a taxi back and pick it up .

Thanks

 

Best option. I wouldnt let anyone i didnt know drive my car.