Turbo Timing

Just wanting to know how long every1 sets their turbo timer for after normal driving and a quick drag around the streets!! :sun:

car is a 91 mazda familia gtx

normal driving around (not start/stop traffic) about 1min30secs
traffic 2mins

bit of a fang here and there 2min30

full on drag race 3min to 4min depending on thrashability

haaaaaaaaardcore thrashing or after being in really hot temps about 4-5mins

hardly ever do anything apart from 1st two though..



those are just guesses tho noone ever told me what i should be doing....

well ive been told that if youre only driving it to work or just casually somewhere, only about 20 seconds will do for that. If you do some drags and thrash it a bit then maybe a minute. If you hold it flat stick in 5th gear then maybe 3 or 5 mins.
But generally you dont need it too much for "normal" driving.

Somebody please correct me if im wrong. :D

It would depend on whether the turbine is ceramic or a metallic. Ceramic turbines don't get quite as hot as metallics however, the metallic items shed heat a lot faster than ceramic compound.

See what I had to say under the 'Turbo Timers Illegal' thread.

Never used one, even when I had one. I'm the best turbo timer for my car. Ain't giving any little darling a head start to misappropriate what I worked bloody hard for! :p

Originally posted by blind_elk
See what I had to say under the 'Turbo Timers Illegal' thread.

Never used one, even when I had one. I'm the best turbo timer for my car. Ain't giving any little darling a head start to misappropriate what I worked bloody hard for! :p

a-fuckn-men to that one buddy!!! My car aint tha nicest but its still mah baby!! And I dont intend on lettin some fuckn junky take what i work my ass off for!!! :bloated:

Whether you use a turbo timer, or do it yourself, you still have to know how long to sit for. Ethan_R33, those times are around what I've been told also.

And as for turbo timers making it easy for theives: nope. Not if you have a decent alarm and immobiliser, and get it wired in to work with the turbo timer. The one I'm looking at getting, the dudes wire in with the alarm, and buil.d little electronic modules so that while the timer is running, obviously the immobiliser's not running, but the second the timer stops, the immobiliser cuts in. And if someone got into the car while the timer was running (so the engine wasn't immobilised)... and managed to ignore the 130dB screamer in their face under the dashboard... as soon as they drop the handbrake (which they'd pretty much need to do, if they're going to drive away) the turbo timer will stop, the engine will switch off, and the immobiliser will cut in.

So how does that make it easy to steal?? If someone wants your car, they WILL take it: they will come and tow it away. But I can't see how a turbo timer makes it any easier.