FDs come stock with a fanmod/turbo timer mod. It's called a spare key. If you park your car and turn it off then put it in aux, it runs the auxfan until the engine bay is cool to the touch.

It's what the emergency exhaust light is for.

 

I put mine in the little vent under the steering wheel.

 

Depends. I use mine everytime I drive my FD to warm it up without having to worry about leaving the key in the car. Start the car, set the turbo timer, turn off ignition and remove key. Return inside and finish getting ready, car shuts off after preset time. When I'm ready to go, car is warm and ready to drive.

 

I use mine for warm up also without leaving the keys in, and exactly what pdviper said, to run the fans with engine off. It's not garbage, just most of the advice here is.

 

Whatever your opinion is on the timer, this was a damn funny post.

Can you elaborate? This is the first time I have ever heard of this.

 

Exactly. Want to run the fans for 10 minutes after the car turns off? The fan mod is basically free.

 

I mounted mine in the garbage

 

Turbo timers are an unecessary piece of equipment that is why many are saying to just sell it. No offense man but just because you have 500+ WHP does not make you an authority on everything.

your post is a little confusing. So are the fans on for the 10 minutes with your car not idleing? Or is your car on the whole time.

 

lmao each time someone talks about Turbo timers its always the same idiotic game!
this community is full of dumbass and that's a fact.
A turbo timer is not a "must have", however it's a good part to get if it fits your needs ( fan mod and warm up, etc).
Plus if you are complaining about it being expensive... well you should sell you fd and buy another car cuz 100-150$ is nowhere near the definition of "expensive"

 

Well I for one learned a couple of new options that a timer provides.

But I still don't need one. I detest clutter, and being a track/autox guy I hate stuff that might break loose or adding wiring to the car. Because it's part of the starting circuit it's also a compromise on reliability.

That's just me. Everyone will still have their opinion.

One thing that I think both sides will agree upon - a turbo timer is not necessary. Our turbos have a lubrication and cooling design that do not require idle cooling. It is a convenience for other reasons.

Dave

 

thats if you are running stock turbos ..

 

True, neither are most of the mods we put on our cars... but we do them because it suits our PERSONAL goals/wants.

 

Exactly what I use mine for. Hurley I have an HKS unit, its mounted just above the right knee under the dash.

 

My turbo timer came with my car and is mounted in the glove box. I find it to be the perfect place simply because all that mine does is keep the car running for a preset amount of time, so I don't have any reason to look at it 24/7. Then my boost controller is in the lower compartment in front of the shifter. I turn it off during street driving and forget about it. When it comes to happy happy fun fun time, I just leave the compartment open and away we go.

I try my hardest to keep everything hidden. I also plan on getting the factory tach to remain completely stock looking once my rev limit gets higher. I'll go out of my way to do so.

 

It has nothing to do with arrogance you twit. It has everything to do with turbo timers being useless and dangerous. Read a book.

Try turning to key to "Aux" or buying a fan controller, which is actually a decent piece of equipment if you know what you're doing.

1) yes you did(see below)
2) If you cant hack a little criticism then you have no business on the internet, let alone in the 3rd gen section

 

about placement not about its purpose.

Try turning to key to "Aux" or buying a fan controller, which is actually a decent piece of equipment if you know what you're doing.

Thats smart, leave a key in your ignition and walk away from the car ....... as for the fan mod, this essentially does the same thing and provides additional functionality I like to have when at the track.

 

Mine is in my radio/din pocket behind the door.

 

@ the Radio-Slot.
I made a carbon fibre - plate which now is the home of:
1 Defi-gauge (exhaust Temp)
the DEFI - link controller
greddy turbo timer
+ two switches for lights and wideband O2.

looks great.
No one needs a radio in a sportscar!!

 

Ok, anyone want to elaborate on why a turbo timer is bad? I mean it is just like driving down a street and stopping at a red light for 2 minutes. If my timer is set to anything less than 2 minutes, then how would it be any worse than sitting at a red light? I'm not trying to argue, I just want an explanation.

 

You sit at a traffic light for two minutes because you have to, not because you choose to. Water and oil temperatures rise because of lack of airflow when idling.

This has been covered many times - you should search.

 

No they don't. They should remain stable if your cooling and oiling system is adequate. They should only rise if a load is put on the engine. I got off work and fell asleep while my car was warming up for 45 minutes. When I finally woke up water temps were a stable 85 deg c. Air temps were a little higher than I would have liked (about 40 deg c), but running for nearly an hour with little to no air flow is probably normal.

 

Because the ability for you, and more importantly any mechanic working on your car, to turn the car off immediately is VERY important. OR if something catastrophic happens on the highway(say you dump all your oil) 5 seconds becomes important. It can be the difference between keeping your engine and getting a new one. Fumbling for the turbo timer to try and stop the carnage is exactly what makes the difference. Now imagine a mechanic who doesnt know where its hidden.

 

If it's hooked up correctly, there's no need to try to find where it's hidden. All you do is disengage the E-brake. Car will shut off immediately.

 

With the fans set to come on early, some FDs can control coolant temperatures (mine can). However, indicated intake temperatures will rise significantly (mine will go to 50C+ when idling for a while), which means that the intercooler is heat soaking, nicely cooking all the underhood rubber and plastics.

Why put this unnecessary stress on your car for no benefit?

 

I can turn the timer off within 3 seconds when necessary, and not only do I never take the car to a mechanic who doesn't know the car very well, but if I do I just turn off the timer before they touch it.

And on a side note, how bad is an air temp of 60-70C? I have seen this temp during the summer many times. But any time I get the turbo spooling just a little bit, it starts to cool off. Right now it's running on average 35-45C in this cold weather.