intercooled turbo
Submitted: Monday, Aug 11, 2003 at 18:52
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cappa
hey you good guys out there i need some info " is it worth adding a turbo timer to my 100 series ?? my 4.2 toyo is intercooled turbocharged (factory) or is it a waste of money whats the verdic please i do alot of touring and tow a 21 foot six van thanks
Reply By: Patrol22 (Queanbeyan - Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:16
Tuesday, Aug 12, 2003 at 13:16
Cappa
As with most things its a case of horses for courses. I have an aversion to leaving my vehicle with the engine running - even if it is only for a couple of minutes. I am patient enough to wait a couple of minutes if I have been running at high revs. If, on the other hand, you have a few minutes running at lower revs before stopping, then the timer is not needed. Say, for example, you are doing some highway running at 2600 rpm - come into a town and revs drop back to 1000 to keep you under the speed limit - it is highly likely that by the time you are ready to switch off the turbo is as it would be if you ran a timer for a couple of minutes.
Like I said - it depends.
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Reply By: Glenno - Thursday, Aug 14, 2003 at 16:57
Thursday, Aug 14, 2003 at 16:57
By the time I park in driveway, unlock garage door, park car, get out laptop or groceries the turbo has cooled down. And going to work i have to putt around at 2km/h for a few minutes looking for a free
parking spot.
And the misses remembers everytime after i yelled at her a good dozen times after some highway driving!
Although if your driving up the highway at 110km/h and pull into a petrol station, do you leave you car idling while filling up or do you idle for a few minutes at the bowser?
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