Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :)
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Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :)
I like to let my engine idle for a while after driving. How does a turbo timer work? If it works how I think, I could put it on my n/a car.
Im gonna need one anyway for turbo setup, so dont say 'waste of money!!!!1one!!' just yet.
So... is it possible... I just wanna be 1337 stunna soooo bad.
Im gonna need one anyway for turbo setup, so dont say 'waste of money!!!!1one!!' just yet.
So... is it possible... I just wanna be 1337 stunna soooo bad.
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (Kyoushu)
it justs keeps ur car idling w/ the key out.. mad easy install, its like 6 wires. Theres 4 i think that goto your ignition wires, 1 wire that goes to the e-brake signal wire, and one that goes to your ecu speed sensor wire. These 2 are optional however, but easy enough to install, extra saftey for theft, etc. But yea, it'll work on ur car.
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (..::91TEG-G2::..)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ..::91TEG-G2::.. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why tho? why cant you just sit in ur car for 10-30 seconds and let it cool down? are you that lazy?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Dood he just said he was gonna need it for his turbo kit that he is getting soon. he is not lazy
Dood he just said he was gonna need it for his turbo kit that he is getting soon. he is not lazy
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (CivicFerioViRs)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by CivicFerioViRs »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Dood he just said he was gonna need it for his turbo kit that he is getting soon. he is not lazy</TD></TR></TABLE> yea dont be so quick to jump on him
Dood he just said he was gonna need it for his turbo kit that he is getting soon. he is not lazy</TD></TR></TABLE> yea dont be so quick to jump on him
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (1quickLS)
lol turbo timer=st00pid 
why cant you just chill with your car? with how often hondas are stolen, why would you let it run without watching it. eSP if your turboed. is it just me or is this a stupid product?
maybe a jdm/bling factor? YES! :/
why cant you just chill with your car? with how often hondas are stolen, why would you let it run without watching it. eSP if your turboed. is it just me or is this a stupid product?
maybe a jdm/bling factor? YES! :/
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (..::91TEG-G2::..)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by ..::91TEG-G2::.. »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">why tho? why cant you just sit in ur car for 10-30 seconds and let it cool down? are you that lazy?</TD></TR></TABLE>
Don't call him lazy...
He just wants to be a
"1337 stunna soooo bad."
Don't call him lazy...
He just wants to be a
"1337 stunna soooo bad."
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (NightRider-gsR)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NightRider-gsR »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Don't call him lazy...
He just wants to be a
"1337 stunna soooo bad."
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i thought you needed a body kit and supra tail lights to be a l33t stunna0rz
He just wants to be a
"1337 stunna soooo bad."
</TD></TR></TABLE>i thought you needed a body kit and supra tail lights to be a l33t stunna0rz
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (jDMJeRk)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jDMJeRk »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol turbo timer=st00pid
why cant you just chill with your car? with how often hondas are stolen, why would you let it run without watching it. eSP if your turboed. is it just me or is this a stupid product?
maybe a jdm/bling factor? YES! :/ </TD></TR></TABLE>
What if you didn't have time to chill with your car? If you were in a hurry, for work or late for a date? You'd wish you had one then.
But that's besides the point. I don't see why you want to let the car idle. To cool down? Why are you redlining into parking spaces?
why cant you just chill with your car? with how often hondas are stolen, why would you let it run without watching it. eSP if your turboed. is it just me or is this a stupid product?
maybe a jdm/bling factor? YES! :/ </TD></TR></TABLE>
What if you didn't have time to chill with your car? If you were in a hurry, for work or late for a date? You'd wish you had one then.
But that's besides the point. I don't see why you want to let the car idle. To cool down? Why are you redlining into parking spaces?
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (Rayman)
i dont use one , and my car is turboed.. i just sit in the car for a min after im done boosting. turbo times are just extra money for lazy people who cant wait in their car for a few seconds.
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (Rayman)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rayman »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
What if you didn't have time to chill with your car? If you were in a hurry, for work or late for a date? You'd wish you had one then.
But that's besides the point. I don't see why you want to let the car idle. To cool down? Why are you redlining into parking spaces? </TD></TR></TABLE>
exactly, you dont need to do spirited driving right befor you park or something. your turbo timer will be when you drive nice and slow and calmly into the parking lot.. thats ur cool-down time. all a turbo timer is used for is more BLING BLING.
you really dont need one, just dont drive like a bowl of uncle ben's rice before you park and you'll be fine
What if you didn't have time to chill with your car? If you were in a hurry, for work or late for a date? You'd wish you had one then.
But that's besides the point. I don't see why you want to let the car idle. To cool down? Why are you redlining into parking spaces?
</TD></TR></TABLE>exactly, you dont need to do spirited driving right befor you park or something. your turbo timer will be when you drive nice and slow and calmly into the parking lot.. thats ur cool-down time. all a turbo timer is used for is more BLING BLING.
you really dont need one, just dont drive like a bowl of uncle ben's rice before you park and you'll be fine
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (..::91TEG-G2::..)
I've driven my turbocharged civic for 18 months and 28k miles without a turbo timer. You really don't need it on a street car with a water cooled turbo housing!
They are needed for high end setups and for turbo's with only oil feeds and no water cooling. Its done so oil keeps circulating and the turbo wont overheat after parking it in the garage after some hot laps around a track.
But you go, stunna!
They are needed for high end setups and for turbo's with only oil feeds and no water cooling. Its done so oil keeps circulating and the turbo wont overheat after parking it in the garage after some hot laps around a track.
But you go, stunna!
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (Marauder)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Marauder »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I've driven my turbocharged civic for 18 months and 28k miles without a turbo timer. You really don't need it on a street car with a water cooled turbo housing!
They are needed for high end setups and for turbo's with only oil feeds and no water cooling. Its done so oil keeps circulating and the turbo wont overheat after parking it in the garage after some hot laps around a track.
But you go, stunna!</TD></TR></TABLE>
your kinda accurate on that, its mostly because on oil cooled turbo's only, its used to circulate the oil to cool down the turbo so you dont cook the oil in the turbo, which then would cause bad bearings and so forth.
on water/oil cooled turbo's, you can turn the car off right after a semi hard run or just normal driving. and thats becasue the coolant from the rad keep's circulating through the turbo thus cooling down the turbo and the oil at the same time, so you dont get no baking or overheating. like the subaru's
They are needed for high end setups and for turbo's with only oil feeds and no water cooling. Its done so oil keeps circulating and the turbo wont overheat after parking it in the garage after some hot laps around a track.
But you go, stunna!</TD></TR></TABLE>
your kinda accurate on that, its mostly because on oil cooled turbo's only, its used to circulate the oil to cool down the turbo so you dont cook the oil in the turbo, which then would cause bad bearings and so forth.
on water/oil cooled turbo's, you can turn the car off right after a semi hard run or just normal driving. and thats becasue the coolant from the rad keep's circulating through the turbo thus cooling down the turbo and the oil at the same time, so you dont get no baking or overheating. like the subaru's
Will you make something up for me please?
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (J337_UNIT)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by J337_UNIT »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i dont use one , and my car is turboed.. i just sit in the car for a min after im done boosting. turbo times are just extra money for lazy people who cant wait in their car for a few seconds.</TD></TR></TABLE>
Exactly, I never used one either. I was making LOTS of power too. Most of the bigger turbos (included in many kits nowadays....except the Greddy ) have pretty large turbos. These don't even spool/spin much at all when you're just driving around town/idling.
Thus, just don't spool up right when you park and you'll be fine. I just shut off the car. Plus if your turbo is water cooled as well, then you need the turbo timer even less.
Exactly, I never used one either. I was making LOTS of power too. Most of the bigger turbos (included in many kits nowadays....except the Greddy
) have pretty large turbos. These don't even spool/spin much at all when you're just driving around town/idling. Thus, just don't spool up right when you park and you'll be fine. I just shut off the car. Plus if your turbo is water cooled as well, then you need the turbo timer even less.
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (..::91TEG-G2::..)
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exactly, you dont need to do spirited driving right befor you park or something. your turbo timer will be when you drive nice and slow and calmly into the parking lot.. thats ur cool-down time. all a turbo timer is used for is more BLING BLING.
you really dont need one, just dont drive like a bowl of uncle ben's rice before you park and you'll be fine</TD></TR></TABLE>
yea, conflicting arguments over cool down time though. It is easy though. I don't have to worry about it when im in a huge hurry. Plus on the display there it shows boost. Its mounted on the dash, and since their isn't a boost guage i use that to keep an eye on it. Also, the red light flashing when its overboosting is nice as well.
But for na, kind of worthless.
exactly, you dont need to do spirited driving right befor you park or something. your turbo timer will be when you drive nice and slow and calmly into the parking lot.. thats ur cool-down time. all a turbo timer is used for is more BLING BLING.
you really dont need one, just dont drive like a bowl of uncle ben's rice before you park and you'll be fine</TD></TR></TABLE>
yea, conflicting arguments over cool down time though. It is easy though. I don't have to worry about it when im in a huge hurry. Plus on the display there it shows boost. Its mounted on the dash, and since their isn't a boost guage i use that to keep an eye on it. Also, the red light flashing when its overboosting is nice as well.
But for na, kind of worthless.
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (Rayman)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Rayman »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">What if you didn't have time to chill with your car? If you were in a hurry, for work or late for a date? You'd wish you had one then.
But that's besides the point. I don't see why you want to let the car idle. To cool down? Why are you redlining into parking spaces? </TD></TR></TABLE>
what if, what if, what if.... if you have the time of day to save up for a decent turbo kit and your going to drive like a "uncle bens ricebowl" then you should have enough time on your hands (since you redlined to your date, work, ect) to wait in the car for the car to cool down (if its even needed in the first place)
sure turbo timers are supposed to be theft safe but so is the autolock, cut off switches, clubs, and these 500+ dollar alarms that we put on our cars. id hate to find out my 10k-20k car/turbo setup was stolen because i was too lazy to chill in the car for a few minor seconds.
turbotimers= and only a bling factor
But that's besides the point. I don't see why you want to let the car idle. To cool down? Why are you redlining into parking spaces?
</TD></TR></TABLE>what if, what if, what if.... if you have the time of day to save up for a decent turbo kit and your going to drive like a "uncle bens ricebowl" then you should have enough time on your hands (since you redlined to your date, work, ect) to wait in the car for the car to cool down (if its even needed in the first place)
sure turbo timers are supposed to be theft safe but so is the autolock, cut off switches, clubs, and these 500+ dollar alarms that we put on our cars. id hate to find out my 10k-20k car/turbo setup was stolen because i was too lazy to chill in the car for a few minor seconds.
turbotimers=
and only a bling factor
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (jDMJeRk)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jDMJeRk »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
what if, what if, what if.... if you have the time of day to save up for a decent turbo kit and your going to drive like a "uncle bens ricebowl" then you should have enough time on your hands (since you redlined to your date, work, ect) to wait in the car for the car to cool down (if its even needed in the first place)
sure turbo timers are supposed to be theft safe but so is the autolock, cut off switches, clubs, and these 500+ dollar alarms that we put on our cars. id hate to find out my 10k-20k car/turbo setup was stolen because i was too lazy to chill in the car for a few minor seconds.
turbotimers= and only a bling factor</TD></TR></TABLE>
finally someone who see's it on my level..
what if, what if, what if.... if you have the time of day to save up for a decent turbo kit and your going to drive like a "uncle bens ricebowl" then you should have enough time on your hands (since you redlined to your date, work, ect) to wait in the car for the car to cool down (if its even needed in the first place)
sure turbo timers are supposed to be theft safe but so is the autolock, cut off switches, clubs, and these 500+ dollar alarms that we put on our cars. id hate to find out my 10k-20k car/turbo setup was stolen because i was too lazy to chill in the car for a few minor seconds.
turbotimers=
and only a bling factor</TD></TR></TABLE>finally someone who see's it on my level..
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (J337_UNIT)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jDMJeRk »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">lol turbo timer=st00pid
why cant you just chill with your car? with how often hondas are stolen, why would you let it run without watching it. eSP if your turboed. is it just me or is this a stupid product?
maybe a jdm/bling factor? YES! :/ </TD></TR></TABLE>
why cant you just chill with your car? with how often hondas are stolen, why would you let it run without watching it. eSP if your turboed. is it just me or is this a stupid product?
maybe a jdm/bling factor? YES! :/ </TD></TR></TABLE>
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Re: Turbo Timer on an N/A car... :) (Kyoushu)
There are plenty of N/A race cars that use turbo timers! You don't have to be turbo to use one, however you can save $80 and just sit in your car for 60-90 sec!
If you have a use for it then it isn't a stupid mod to have, but the avg person doesnt need one!
If you have a use for it then it isn't a stupid mod to have, but the avg person doesnt need one!
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lol, yes im one of those NA's guys with a turbo timer. i baught mine for $20 bucks and decided to wire it up. took only 20-30 min's to wire up. i just use it as a BLING BLING factor on my car. let the car shut off by itself and let people that dont know n e thing about cars wonder how the car turned itself off. but i usually have it off and only turn it on for some bling bling action...
