turbo timer

[themeanest240]

what do turbo timers do exactly?are they worth the 50-100 dollars?if so whats a good kind? and where does the harness plug into?thanks

[240life]

A turbo timer will keep your car running for a few extra minutes after you shut off your car. Turbo timers allow your oil to cycle through your engine, cooling down your turbo and preventing premature turbo failure. I personally am using a blitz TT, but any reputable brand like Greedy, HKS etc would be a solid choice. I wouldn't cheap out when it comes to electronic components for your car. As far as install goes use the google search bar to the upper right of your screen. I know there is install instructions in there for a s14, but it should be similar for the s13.

[Tulsa_S-13]

Technically you should just sit in your car and let it idle for a while to cool the turbo down.

If you're running a water-cooled turbo then letting it sit and idle for a minute or so isn't completely necessary, as we do not have to worry so much about coking our bearings.

Turbo timers are neat gadgets to have though, especially if you don't have A/C or are impatient and don't want to sit in the car to let it idle. Turbo timers usually also feature other neat gimmicks such as narrow band A/F reading (inaccurate but still interesting to see fluctuate) and voltage reading.

They're relatively cheap as well at around $60 for a decent unit.

I'm using the Top Fuel timer. It's compact size makes it easy to mount in front of your gauge cluster.

Check our NICO Sponsor Phase2 for a variety of timers:

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[Hijacker]

Really the only time you need to let the turbo idle to cool down is after you've ran it really hard. That's when it's at its hottest and can most easily coke oil onto the bearings. If you just took a lazy drive to the grocery store and back, it's not completely necessary to let the car idle to cool the turbo down. It's not a bad thing to do, I'm just saying it's not necessary.

I also park my car in gear all the time, so even if I had a turbo timer, I'd still be sitting in my car so I could put it in gear when it turned off.

[Locko]

lol c

Really the only time you need to let the turbo idle to cool down is after you've ran it really hard. That's when it's at its hottest and can most easily coke oil onto the bearings. If you just took a lazy drive to the grocery store and back, it's not completely necessary to let the car idle to cool the turbo down. It's not a bad thing to do, I'm just saying it's not necessary.

I also park my car in gear all the time, so even if I had a turbo timer, I'd still be sitting in my car so I could put it in gear when it turned off.

lol coz you have a drift E-brake???

[Hijacker]

lol coz you have a drift E-brake???

Cause I don't trust e-brakes?

I've had my car roll away on me with the e-brake engaged and the shifter popped out of gear. I've since then replaced the entire e-brake assembly with a Z unit (was running stock rear brakes/e-brake when the roll away happened), but I still don't trust them.