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From: North bay
Originally Posted by ldstang50
i just got my greddy tt with harness two days ago, i ordered through lancershop.com. everything is in japanese. but its just a plug and play, everything should work and not kill my precious car right?
lol, dumbest thing I have ever heard. im not knockin on you, your just passing along what you heard, but I have worked in car electronics for 14 years. As long as your car is running, your alt controls the voltage. There is only 1 ign wire that needs to be powered for a dsm. The 2 acc wires control other stuff nothing to do with computer. I have installed over 15 timers in evo's alone, and cant count how many other dsm's and other cars 10 of them are users here never had a problem. Coil packs are known for going bad in turbo cars. I'm sure if any of you have had a VW you know what im talking about. If he says its a voltage problem, I would lean towards a ****ty ground or aftermarket batt term's.
Originally Posted by 992gnt
I think you're getting two different things mixed up here. The Greddy emanage has fried some coilpacks. Greddy has made an adapter harness that is supposed to address this. The problem seems to occur when the engine is off and the key is in the on (run) position. The emanage energizes the coils, but since the engine isn't running the coils can't discharge, they overheat, and they burn up.
I don't see any way that a turbo timer could harm the coils, especially when the engine is running. I've had a 2g TT harness in my Evo since 60 miles (now at 29,000 and almost 2 years) with no problems, and with the hundreds of TT's installed on this board I'm positive we would have heard about this before now.
Your shop is talking about the emanage, not a turbo timer.
I don't see any way that a turbo timer could harm the coils, especially when the engine is running. I've had a 2g TT harness in my Evo since 60 miles (now at 29,000 and almost 2 years) with no problems, and with the hundreds of TT's installed on this board I'm positive we would have heard about this before now.
Your shop is talking about the emanage, not a turbo timer.
Originally Posted by ex-honda
I bought the same thing 2 years ago and no problem. Also I use the TT when I have to leave the car right away. Other than that, I just chill in the car for a couple of minutes and turn the car off by disengaging the e-brake. Just to add, in some states, it is illegal to have your car running unattended due to safety issues.
the fluctuation in voltage my be due to extra stuff being on when the key is removed (a/c, stereo, lights, etc...). i'm guessing the only to check would be to use a multimeter to monitor voltage when the key is removed to verify this claim. i would do it now but it is raining here. i have blitz tt's in both evo's & no problems yet...
Originally Posted by WHTEVO
i have no idea. i wouldn't think so. i am just posting what i heard from a good reputable shop that works on a lot of evos.
"what i heard..." I'd like to know the name of this shop, so I know where not to go.
Personally I would like to hear form Buschur, AMS, TT, etc, to shed light on this. If there was some type of voltage drop in the coil packs how would it fire the cylinder it was sitting on and still have enough power to fire the plug with the wire connected to it. My TT is still staying on. This has to be a bunch of BS from a underdog shop.
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From: Davidson, NC
I think you were misinformed. This is the first time I have ever heard of this and I have a hard time believing it to be true. In all reality all a turbo timer does is delay the opening of a circuit that would open when you removed your key. I really don't see how this would cause detonation. Even if the the timer didn't flow enough voltage for the coils to fire then the car would just stall not, detonate.