Will the turbotimer harness plug into the N/A harnesses? I have a n/a i'm in the process of swapping and ordering parts, so will it plug in? Thanks

 

Yeah, TurboIIs and NAs use the same ignition harness in the same year, but why would you want too.

You don't have to worry about heatsink of the turbo in a NA.

 

Icemark, What exactly do you mean "You don't have to worry about heatsink of the turbo in a NA."?

 

What he means is if you do not have a turbo you do not need a turbotimer. It has no function. Now if your after rice form that something different.

Are you putting a turbo in your NA?

From what I have heard you really do not need a turbo timer on a car that has water cooled turbos. Such as the RX-7. If it is strickly oil cooled you should. Never read much on that.

James

 

Oh i'm not going for the rice affect, i'm in the middle of a turbo swap, lol. I understand what he's saying now. Thanks for the info.

 

The reason behind using a T-Timer is that when the engine gets shut off the oil stopps flowing and cooling the Turbo, (as well as the coolant on the FC). The heat from the turbo and exhaust cooks the oil and coolant left in them. The oil and coolant act as a sink for the heat of the turbo.

By using a T-Timer the engine continues to run for a couple of minutes cooling down, before shutting off and avoiding dumping all the heat.

With a NA, you don't have any parts to the system that are running hot enough to cook the oil or coolant, so running the engine a few minutes after you have stopped driving won't do a thing except use a little more gas.

Are you swapping the NA engine for a T2 engine??? if that is the case then I can see you might want to use a T-Timer... but if you are just swapping ignition harnesses, there is no point.

 

I guess i had it coming to me, sorry guys about the confusion, yea i'm swapping to a turbo motor. I understand the function of a tt. But thank you for being so helpful. I hope when i have questions about things i dont understand you guys will be there to help. Thanks again.

 

Just because your turbo is water cooled doesn't mean it shouldn't be shut down properly. Heat soak will cause oil coaking on a water cooled turbo just as easily as one that is only oil cooler. Once you shut off the engine, the oil stops flowing and thus begins to quickly absorbe heat and break down.

FWIW, I have a turbo timer on my car, which uses the NA wiring harness (obviously). I just spliced into the two wires required and soldered. Works great.

 

or you can just not make boost the last couple minutes of driving...