I (foolishly) bought a 1992 9000 CS Carlsson the other week (foolishly 'cos
it looks like a I bought a bit of a dog....serves me right for being in too
much of a hurry and going car hunting with a massive hangover).

The car has a rear badge and an insert on the steering wheel that says
Carlsson however I am not sure that it is a Carlsson as it doesn't have
anything else that suggests that it is (the all-round air dam/body skirt,
the lower stiffer suspension); if anyone out there knows how to tell from a
VIN number (YS3CD65M3N1036906 ), I would be interested to know.

However more important stuff:
when I bought the car a section ofdrilled copper tube had been inserted into
one of the rubber tubes between the turbo and the valve by the radiator.
This I was told by someone on this group, that this was a nasty mod so I
have reversed it. The problem now is that there is a total lack of
performance. I am being out-accelerated by old men on bicycles. I have
checked the actuator rod; it is in place and appears to be reasonably
sensibly adjusted (about 10mm of screw thread showing). The turbo is
definately working as it was blowing off the scale when the "modification"
was in place. Any suggestions as to where to start looking for the
problem....someone has suggested the electronic throttle (it has traction
control) might be faulty....any comments on that.

I still have my old 1991 9000S 2.3 FPT which appears to have the same turbo
type (the Garrett). It has just about everything wrong with it except the
engine and gearbox both of which are just fine. It is going to the
scrap-yard anyway so I was wondering whether anyone can tell me if there are
are any significant differences between the 91 9000S 2.3 and the 92 CS 9000
2.3....can I just drop it in? (having transferred the electromnic throttle
over)

Could I do away with the elecronic throttle and use the throttle body from
the old one? (OK I would lose the traction control but I have never had it
before so I wouldn't miss it that much).

Neither the milometer nor the trip counter work....they actually record
about 1 mile per 100 miles driven any one know what this is likely to be?

TIA

Paul BJ