Turbo Timers

[grinder]

scooby_si - i wouldnt mind it when you take it out - bearing in mind that mines and FC T II - but i assume it will still work ? ( and it being a good price !!   )

and a mechanical boost gauge is more accurate than an electrical one in my eyes !

if the timer has a digital boost gauge it may conver the air presure to a digital read out - but i have NO IDEA !

after looking into oil temp gauge - i have been told by a few people that mecahnical ones are FAR better and give more accurate readings - but then it all depends on who you talk to and if you believe them !

and the car is parked on a private drive - so its fine to leave it stood ticking over i suppose ( and its a cul-de-sac aswell ) - the only issue i have is that i have a mazda imobiliser and alarm - the immobiliser cuts the fuel pump - so i need to have that taken out first

i dont leave the car anywhere that it could get nicked so im not bothereed about that bit - and its more hassle to try and plug the credit card thingy into it to turn it off !!

[scooby_si]

OK m8 cool i\'lll give ya all first refusal when i get it out & available described as HKS turbo timer by Miguel so i\'ll try & check out wot they\'re worth & mark it up by say 20% cause i will of touched it & increased it\'s value lol kidding of course......
Si

[grinder]

20% ha ha ha its like you have the midas touch !

i will of course need to subtract 50% from your new price as it will be going into a real car not one of them FD toy car thingies !! :wave

[Dr Gonzo]

I like all the puzzled looks I get when I walk away from the car and the engine\'s still running... all my friends (two at the last count) used to pipe up and say "hey, you\'ve left the engine running!"

Little things and all that...

(Ps. and just to get my two pence worth in, I don\'t really use it anymore - can\'t activate my Cat 1 with it running. I just drive real easy for the last 5 miles or so and let her tick over for a minute....)

[twin_rotor]

i\'ve had the blitz one for about a year now and it does the job fine. the boost gauge is very accurate and you can set it to warn you when you reach a certain boost level, it also records the highest boost you\'ve reached. its usefull for letting the car warm up but as someone\'s already said the best way for letting the turbo cool down is to just not use it 5 mins before your going to stop. i would deffinatley reccomend the blitz one if you havn\'t already got an aftermarket boost gauge.

[catboy]

a mechanical pressure gauge is more sensitive than an electronic one, so expect more fluctuation (unless its got a digi read-out!)...
Basically the electronic ones are discreete (will always give a value to a certain number of decimal places) and the analogue/mech ones are continuous (infinitely variable reading). Mechanical ones are generally more accurate than digital ones, however, it does depend on the length of hose, blockages, dodgy connections, etc., etc...

basic idea of a turbo timer is to run engine to circ oil and water at low revs to prevent oil-bake in the turbo, and remove hot-spots from engine components, so an electric oil pump and water pump does the same thing (if running after the engine is switched off)

I had the same issue with the alarm, so did the following!...

got a turbo timer, 2x electric pumps (one oil, one water). I plumbed one pump into the cooling circuit and the other into the oil circuit, and then plugged them into the turbo timer; all three powered on a direct line/seperate fuse from the battery...     ...rather than the turbo timer running the engine for a set period, it ran the electric oil and water pumps (same job, no legal issues, no problems with alarm and immob.)

I wasnt bothered about the couple of horses used by the std. mech. oil and water pumps on the engine, so I left them in place for normal running and just used the electric ones for turbo-timer-cooling...

hope this helps some of you...

b

[grinder]

thanks for all the advice peeps - this may not be as simple as i first thought ! - i will have to find a way round the immobiliser

i looked at the elec water and oil thingy - now that looks like a big job as the oil pump is in the engine - or am i missing something ??

thanks again

stu