Can MegaSquirt also act as turbo timer?
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Can MegaSquirt also act as turbo timer?
Can it? I don't want to mess with my ignition harness - just don't feel like it So ultimately my MegaSquirt would control everything besides boost (I don't need it to.)
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No, I have an Apex'I on my WRX and a Blitz FATT IV on my Miata. I wish I had the Blitz on both cars because the brain portion of it has a thermometer... granted it's in metric, but a conversion isn't that hard... it also has some other functions that I completely ignore. The thermometer is nice in the Miata for sure.
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I boost up my driveway and cut the ignition before i even come to a stop, then I grab the rollbar and flip out backward behind the rear of the car and run. typically in my haste i forget to set the ebrake and i get run over.
turbo timers are silly. your turbo could spin all day long at idle for no oil. theres enough residual oil to keep it lubicated, it isn't going to cool anymore from a little to no oil for a few seconds at idle.
turbo timers are silly. your turbo could spin all day long at idle for no oil. theres enough residual oil to keep it lubicated, it isn't going to cool anymore from a little to no oil for a few seconds at idle.
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now let it idle for 60 - 90 seconds and the tubby has cooled significantly so that when you stop the engine the oil doesn't instandly solidify, job done
All that said Turbo Timers are daft, just drive calmly for the last 2 minutes home.
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hahaha! thats awesome! damn... now im definitely getting a turbo timer just for that! plus my car computer plays for about 10-15 seconds after i turn on my car and then it hibernates
i should also put a switch under my seat so if i lift my *** off seat and dont come back within 30 seconds - it would turn itself off. that would be a one dope turbo timer
i should also put a switch under my seat so if i lift my *** off seat and dont come back within 30 seconds - it would turn itself off. that would be a one dope turbo timer