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Old 09-14-2013, 10:17 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by venus View Post
With turbos 10+ years ago there was shut down protocol. Can’t remember the specifics tho as I never had one.
More like 20+

There is no practical reason anymore for turbo timers and such in the street. No one uses only oil cooled turbos only anyone. They all have water cooling as well.

Even if run "hard" a gravity fed coolant line designs allow some additional circulation around the center bearings when shut down.

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