From a Rice website:
The number one cause of turbo failure is oil "coking". Oil "coking" occurs when a turbocharger is not properly cooled down and the oil that normally lubricates the center cartridge heats up and forms solidified oil deposits. A turbo timer allows an engine to idle for a preset time after the ignition key has been turned to the off position and removed
From what I have always heard, the turbo timers work very well and are a great mod for a turbo car. I plan on doing one on my 'scort at some point. Cheap insurance! As far as pricing, not positive, but try Hosepower Freaks.....I am sure I saw one there at the last Dyno session we were at.
The number one cause of turbo failure is oil "coking". Oil "coking" occurs when a turbocharger is not properly cooled down and the oil that normally lubricates the center cartridge heats up and forms solidified oil deposits. A turbo timer allows an engine to idle for a preset time after the ignition key has been turned to the off position and removed
From what I have always heard, the turbo timers work very well and are a great mod for a turbo car. I plan on doing one on my 'scort at some point. Cheap insurance! As far as pricing, not positive, but try Hosepower Freaks.....I am sure I saw one there at the last Dyno session we were at.
Waste of money unless you're too lazy to sit in the car a minute after a hard run or coming off the freeway before shutting the engine off.
Oil coking is the danger, but, the cooldown is only necessary if your were at freeway speeds or more, or running it hard right before you get where you're going. I don't bother cooling off mine after my drive to work since I'm just cruising through town at ~30mph for the last 3 minutes before pulling into the parking lot.
Also, synthetic oil does not "coke" and therefore does not require as much of a cool down period, more of a period of time to allow the turbo to stop spinning while there's still oil pressure.
Oil coking is the danger, but, the cooldown is only necessary if your were at freeway speeds or more, or running it hard right before you get where you're going. I don't bother cooling off mine after my drive to work since I'm just cruising through town at ~30mph for the last 3 minutes before pulling into the parking lot.
Also, synthetic oil does not "coke" and therefore does not require as much of a cool down period, more of a period of time to allow the turbo to stop spinning while there's still oil pressure.
All turbo timers have a function that when you drop the ebrake it kills the car. So people cant steal it cause its running
I personally dont feel like sitting in my car for a few minutes everytime I drive the car and shut it off. Ive had a turbo timer on every turbo car Ive had (3 total) and will continue to use them for the simple benifits.
Also though, now most turbo timers have different functions that do different things. Alot have timers to see your acceleration to a given speed, or time to brake. Also some have built in boost guages. I use mine to watch actual batt voltage.
-Dallas J
I personally dont feel like sitting in my car for a few minutes everytime I drive the car and shut it off. Ive had a turbo timer on every turbo car Ive had (3 total) and will continue to use them for the simple benifits.
Also though, now most turbo timers have different functions that do different things. Alot have timers to see your acceleration to a given speed, or time to brake. Also some have built in boost guages. I use mine to watch actual batt voltage.
-Dallas J
Depending on altitude and condition, options, driver..ect..But around a 14.9-15.5. Really it depends on alot on how good the driver is and the clutch in how hard it can be launch. A stock clutch is really pushing it to pull a 1.9 60, the 1st gens seem to have a stronger clutch factory. At least mine did.
Right now on pump gas I trapped 105, but had a fist full of issues. Im about to get all them ironed out and I should be trapping around 115 after the cams and methanol injection are done.
-Dallas J
Right now on pump gas I trapped 105, but had a fist full of issues. Im about to get all them ironed out and I should be trapping around 115 after the cams and methanol injection are done.
-Dallas J
Yeah, that is true but it shouldn't just run for a few seconds. Ever gone out and really pushed a turbo car then looked at the turbo? It's not uncommon to see the turbo glowing red hot. This is your problem. That doesn't just cool down in 10 seconds of letting the car idle, it takes a while. You want to let it run for say two minutes, which is annoying if you are just running down to 7-11, or you just are in a hurry. Nothing wrong with a turbo-timer. If I had a turbo car again that I knew ran hot, I'd buy one. Even if your just puttering down the street at 2500rpms in first or second, your turbo is a lot hotter than you would think. Saying a turbo timer is a "ricer-mod" is like saying flushing your brakes every 50k miles is a "ricer-mod". I hardly consider either much of a mod, but definitly is a good idea if you want the car to last.
Its not to hard to consider a Turbo timer a Ricer mod if you also consider a Turbo a Ricer mod too
Seriously, it boils down to wether:
A) you dont mind sitting and waiting for the thing to cool down each time as necessary
B) You spend the money on the Turbo timer, cause thats what its for
or
C) you dont bother with any of it at all and cook your turbo
Seriously, it boils down to wether:
A) you dont mind sitting and waiting for the thing to cool down each time as necessary
B) You spend the money on the Turbo timer, cause thats what its for
or
C) you dont bother with any of it at all and cook your turbo
SMOKEDYA said:
Oh heck yea! its as easy as slitting the wastegate hose
Depending on what kind of setup it is, you will probably have a hose running from the outlet side of the turbo to the wastegate servo or whatever they want to call it. When the pressure gets to a certain (usually preset) psi it blows off the wastegate. If you bleed off some of that psi it will boost further. Caution...very easy to go too far! Read up on what the motor can take, and go a few psi lower