Celica Forums General Discussion Exterior What do you guys think about my auto timer?

I just installed a HKS TT type 0 and it matches perfectly with my gauge cluster. Also the auto timer works very well for cooling down your car after a long ass drive...
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Eh, what kind of turbo do you have?

Please tell me you have one.

he doesn't have to have one. it's called an auto timer not specificaly a turbo timer, although traditionally they are used for turbos. seems like a nice mod to me.

What is that


what a stupid question but i dont know what it does

So then what the hell would be the point of this?

yea what does it do

Well in turbo cars after a long hard drive the turbo and engine oil will be very hot, turning the cars off without cooling is bad for the turbo because hot oil will just sit and cook in the turbo. therefore you have a turbo timer which allows the car to stay on and run coolant to cool the oil.

Same applies to NA cars. after a long hard drive it is better and safer to allow the oil to cool before turning the car off. Although it usually isn't as necessary for NA as it is for Turbo. I didn't have one of these at button willow and ambient temps were over 100 degrees so i had to use my last laps as cool down runs.

thanks for explaining kim...

haha yea KIM great info...where were you ? you missed the meet!

thanks for explaining...I was just about to post pix of my dashboard toaster-oven!

great mod

Its a good id4ea if you run your car really hard

But is this car gonna be used in auto X events?

nope .. you dont exactly have to be in auto events or anything..and also theres an auto timer that sets it self depending on how long you have had your car on..neato

Unless you plan on keeping the car at 5,000 RPM's for an hour, and then shutting it off right away, there is really no point, especially since you are N/A.

who cares, wath is the point in having drilled pedals ?
it look nice

there was an article in Turbo magazine talking about Turbo timers for NA or turboed cars..They said it is not good for your car if you just straight shut off your car after its been running a while.. well.. i WANT to keep my car in good shape so thats why i invested in one of these. and i guess thats just your opinion.

I'd do this too but I've yet to find one.

t12ansf0rmer: do you mind if i contact you more on this?

not at all.. go for it...

so how does it work???

it allows the engine to run the cooling system while you lock the car and walk away, for a pre-determined amount of time, usually 5-10 minutes

yea..what he said..haha it also times it on how long you been driving too.."Auto Timer"

hey sickcelica.. the HKS TT Type-1 matches your needles..if ur plannin to get one.. the type-0 is orange and type-1 is blue..its nice

type 1?,cool im thinking about it already...cause i run my car hard at the track, and ive got the blue gauge leds in the mail,should be here soon hopefully.

I think i'm goin to get an apexi RSM with the G sensor, anyone know how to hook that up? I know satoshi has a good write up on his site but i might need someone with some first hand experience so that i don't short my whole wiring harness.

the wiring is pretty simple..i got the ignition wires if you need to know which is which but i dont know about the ecu..

here is a tutorial on installing an APEXi TT but the wires are the same...

http://home.zonnet.nl/jongbinghu/turbotimer/turbotimer.html
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