Turbo Cool down Question
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From: PHILA
Originally posted by dan
Honestly it depends on how hard you run the car. Daily driving, not going past 4k rpms.. 30 seconds is more than enough. Keep in mind, Mitsubishi and other stock turbo cars; vw 1.8t, subaru wrx, saab turbos are made to be turned on and off and ran like an na motor. It's only when we dogg, and run the car hard we should let it cool down. I've had mine set at 30 seconds for one year and I had no problems with my turbo (volkswagen 1.8t, soon to be an evo, I hope) the longest I've seen somebody set their tt for, is 20 mins.. but that was a civic si turbo, that ran 11s.. just because that motor isnt made for a turbo and needs to cool down for that amount of time. Hope this helps buddy.
Honestly it depends on how hard you run the car. Daily driving, not going past 4k rpms.. 30 seconds is more than enough. Keep in mind, Mitsubishi and other stock turbo cars; vw 1.8t, subaru wrx, saab turbos are made to be turned on and off and ran like an na motor. It's only when we dogg, and run the car hard we should let it cool down. I've had mine set at 30 seconds for one year and I had no problems with my turbo (volkswagen 1.8t, soon to be an evo, I hope) the longest I've seen somebody set their tt for, is 20 mins.. but that was a civic si turbo, that ran 11s.. just because that motor isnt made for a turbo and needs to cool down for that amount of time. Hope this helps buddy.
The owners manual tells you to let it run before shut down.
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I always run my HKS type 0 on auto and just about every time I'm ready to park my car, the timer's around 2:30 to 3 minutes unless I've been driving mildly, then it'll still be over a minute. I think the auto feature works great and if you have it, use it; it takes all the thinking out of it.
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How much should I expect to spend on a turbo timer and is it something a mechanically DECLINED person can install, or would it be safer to have it professionally installed? Also, doens't APEX'i sell a boost controller/turbo timer in one? I think the Super AFC has both functions, but I have yet to look. Apex Motorsports in Tempe, AZ said that it was two tools in one. Thanks...
Can't speak for the Apexi.
In general $100 shipped for a TT.
HKS Type 0 is relatively easy with the harness. Just need to plug in harness and provide power and ground.
Type one is obviously better because of more features, like auto timer. It needs two wires on the ECU to be spliced which is not that difficult either. You could go either way with the install. I imagine you could do it successfully just take your time.
In general $100 shipped for a TT.
HKS Type 0 is relatively easy with the harness. Just need to plug in harness and provide power and ground.
Type one is obviously better because of more features, like auto timer. It needs two wires on the ECU to be spliced which is not that difficult either. You could go either way with the install. I imagine you could do it successfully just take your time.
hks - 2:00 - 3:00.....and 10:00 if im going into the store really quick... heheh no worries, got two secret switches if someone has any brright ideas, they won't get 30 feet. :-)
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From: AK
Welll you are suppoed to hook it to the e-brake hmm it shouts the car down if u lower it and also the sterring wheel is locked so some dumbass trys to steal it would not go very far and the car will shut down... BTw i got mine set at 2:30 i think thats ample time!
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