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Turbo Timer wanted

  • 24-09-2009 6:54pm
    #1
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭


    Just about to buy a toyota altezza 2lt turbo has all the bells and whistles but no turbo timer i want to get one, where and how much ?


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  • #2
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,546 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    turbo Altezza?

    that'd be fairly rare. amazing that something with an aftermarket turbo setup hasn't got a timer.

    Has it got an alarm fitted?


  • #3
    luckyfrank
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,054 ✭✭✭luckyfrank


    colm_mcm wrote: »
    turbo Altezza?

    that'd be fairly rare. amazing that something with an aftermarket turbo setup hasn't got a timer.

    Has it got an alarm fitted?


    No i dont think it has an alarm either should i be concerned that is hasnt ?


  • #4
    Muckie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,763 ✭✭✭Muckie


    Think you can get a turbo timer for about €60, best to it and have an alarm fitted on your motor, thieves are mad for robbing Jap imports.
    Saving that get a total steering lock and fit kill switches. Saved my car
    in the past.


  • #5
    gofaster_s13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 942 ✭✭✭gofaster_s13


    Turbo timers do a job but they are not a good solution for cooling down a Turbocharged engine, they are more a novelty than a practical way of extending turbo life, the best way to cool an engine is to take the last few miles handy as while driving you have airflow through the engine bay, turbo timer = stationary car = no air flow. Your coolant temp will actually rise with a car ticking over.


  • #6
    robtri
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,473 ✭✭✭robtri


    ebay... will get you a lot of timers to choose from...


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  • #7
    zero19
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,641 ✭✭✭zero19


    Get an alarm dude


  • #8
    --Kaiser--
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,461 ✭✭✭--Kaiser--


    gofaster_s13 wrote: »
    Turbo timers do a job but they are not a good solution for cooling down a Turbocharged engine, they are more a novelty than a practical way of extending turbo life, the best way to cool an engine is to take the last few miles handy as while driving you have airflow through the engine bay, turbo timer = stationary car = no air flow. Your coolant temp will actually rise with a car ticking over.

    +1
    The point of a turbo timer is to circulate oil around the turbo before the engine turns off, you can accomplish the same by just not boosting on the last few miles of your journey.

    What is funny is when people with naturally aspirated cars get turbo timers......:D


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