I just recently heard a rumor about tt's being bad for MR editions. Is there any validity to this claim or what?

I have an Apexi tt installed and it works wonderfully but if its bad I suppose I should remove it.

Has anyone ever heard a thing about this?

Yes I did a search you hatin bastards -_- (jk)

Thanks guys.

KP~

 

thats bs no turbo timer is bad for your car. but if you cant find out if its true or not i guess u can always take it off and just let your car cool down everytime i did that for awhile with my last car.

 

hypothetically speaking.. if i were to shut my car off everyday right after flooring it around town, how long would take before my turbo starts acting up?

 

^30-50k miles

 

^ah, very good.. thanks bro.

 

it really all depends, how long you boosting, how much psi, how long you do it, etc, etc but if you do not let the car cool down it is very very very very bad for a turbo car and soon enought you will be looking at a seized turbo and other problems, take care of your evo it will be worth it in the long run remember these cars need to be babied!

 

and lets say you were running 22 psi and shifting at redline for about 3 hours a day and turned the car off right after i dont think the turbo would even make it to 30k...

 

thanks for the input. im not sayin' i do that, heh.. i make sure my car runs for a couple mins after some good drivin'. yeah right i'd hurt this thing. well, only sometimes, but it likes it.

this has been a lingering question of mine ever since my friend with a '92 300ZX told me his turbo started to severely leak because he habitually shut off his car without letting it cool down. he had about 150,000 miles which is why i asked. thanks.

 

For my daily commute, I spend most of the time sitting at red lights and only a few minutes on the highway. Thus, even if I go all out on the highway, I don't really need to let my car cool after (I keep the TT turned off) because it cools while sitting at red lights and such.

Of course after I finish a track session, I let it run for a while.

 

ya thats the beauty of red lights lol and also if you shift before it boosts and let it cool at reds you prolly never need to let the car cool down

 

Does that oil temperature gauge in the MR tell you anything useful with regard to cooling down? Mine only reachs about 75 degrees on the gauge.

 

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you dont really need to worry about the oil cooling down you just want to make sure it doesnt over heat.

 

I remember about 6 months ago a post about turbo timers hurting evo's in general... Something with maybe ignition? I can't find the thread but I remember a lot of people saying stuff about it...

 

I guess my understanding is that the oil temperature being too high the oil "cooks" in the turbo bearing section when the motor is shut off. This in turn leads to turbo failing. The whole point of letting the car idle for a few minutes is to allow the oil to circulate and cool or cool the turbo down. If that's a wrong assumption then my question earlier is not on point.