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MSPete
01-24-2004, 04:08 AM
I did some searches and can't find a consensus on this, but what is a safe amount of time to allow my turbo to cool down? I know Mazda says 30 seconds but there seems to be differing opinions.
I am really broke right now and can't afford a turbo timer.

I have a 20 minute drive to work on the highway every day so what would be a safe amount of time to wait?

Sorry for the lame question but I am pretty clueless about most of this stuff.
mp5jeff
01-24-2004, 04:08 AM
30 seconds is definately long enough.
LinuxRacr
01-24-2004, 04:34 AM
Just stay off boost about a block or 2 before you get to your destination. You have a water-cooled turbo, so 30-60 seconds should be adequate (depending on how hard you've been driving).
mp5jeff
01-24-2004, 04:36 AM
no matter how hard you have driven anything past 40 seconds is a waste of time. just my opionion though.
dominoy2k1
01-24-2004, 04:46 AM
guess i should hook up my water cooled side...
Brian MP5T
01-24-2004, 05:21 AM
Dom---> If your turbo is designed to be water cooled, you should hook it up without delay. The housing on a water cooled turbo has a completely diferent setup and the internal diferences require the water. When I got mine, the turbo mechanic at the speed shop told me that there should be no time that water dosn't flow in the housing and a little less oil flows on the berring because of the water.

I have a seperate water cooler for my turbo Have a look on the domain link for more details. It requires less modifications to your car.

30 seconds, no more. Just get a Turbo Timer and set it for 30 seconds and forget about the problem.
mp3girly
01-24-2004, 05:24 AM
My mom's got a turbo timer set for 40 seconds. I'd imagine that for the MSP, 30 seconds would be more than enough.
LinuxRacr
01-24-2004, 05:56 AM
Originally posted by dominoy2k1
guess i should hook up my water cooled side...

I would.
DiscreetSpeed
01-24-2004, 11:38 AM
Originally posted by mp3girly
My mom's got a turbo timer set for 40 seconds. I'd imagine that for the MSP, 30 seconds would be more than enough.
by the way she seems cool as hell....from what youve said in the past.ill look out for a lady in a sooby