Explain?

Sam updates?

OK. Thanks for sharing.

So, cars come with a turbo-brake on them now to prevent them from burning the oil in the bearings?

I mean, most oils start to have issues around 400F. Exhaust temps are what, 1300F....

You shut off the engine, you lose all oil pressure. What's feeding the bearings to your turbo, that's still spinning...?

Compare that to a belt driven supercharger...you shut off the engine, the supercharger stops spinning.

sam updates?

Turbo timers help prevent oil cooking issues with aftermarket turbos. Essentially, they allow your car to idle for a minute or less once you remove the key from the ignition. This keeps oil circulating through the engine and turbo to not only allow for any necessary lubrication of the spinning turbo, but to circle the oil throughout the engine to help cool it.

So is it something like an auxillary oil pump, or something else?

Actually the correct answer is.......

Depends on the type of SC.
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It is not an auxilliary pump. It is a small control module that is connected to your car's ECU that allows the car to run for a set amount of time once the key has been removed from the ignition.

why not start a separate thread to talk about S/C and how the work compared to turbo's this is a thread for GTM's SC.

How about you just skip over the unrelated comments and read updates when they happen?

No, they just literally keep the car turned on for maybe a minute or two after you remove the key and get out. Thats all they do.

You used to have to let turbos cool down by idling the car a little bit before shutting it off, but that is no longer necessary with today's turbos. Turbo timers really arent necessary nowadays, but some people will argue otherwise.

I think JoeD is laughing a bit because you are behind the times on your research..

Exactly!

I was laughing more so because he brought up having to idle down as if it was an issue which needed to be bought up. :)

Turbo-timers are the most useless devices I can think of. Are you ever in that big of a hurry where you need to shut your car off and walk away immediately after a few hard, full-boost pulls? It's advised to "cool off" any car by idling after running it hard, not just turbocharged cars. Also, as mentioned above, coked bearings are a thing of the past. You have nothing to worry about with modern turbos, with advancements in oil to boot.

Here's a thought...how about you refrain from going WOT or running the car to above normal operating temps 2 minutes before you reach your destination? I was under the impression that this was common sense...

K...enough about this non-issue. :)

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They're not THAT useless, it's like how your windows have a module to automatically lift them all the way etc.. I'm sure someone dishing out 8k on TT kit wouldn't mind adding another 100 bux for a timer

+1 we want updates from GTM not someone argueing about Turbo timers....
A turbo timer has absolutely nothing to do with a SC setup..... go ask in the GTM TT thread for that garbage....