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02-11-2012, 08:18 AM | #31 | ||
FG Falcon fan
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The OP admits he is a newbie and has come to forums for advice. Ergo, the onus is on us in-the-know fellas to put him on the path to vehicular goodness. Accordingly:
mitch_s, turbo timers are last century tech for old bangers like Nissan Silvias, VL turbos and Cordia Turbos. You dont need one on your Falcon. The thermo syphon (if my memory is right) will let the heat out of the turbo after u shut down the engine. In addition, if the ECU thinks the water temp is too high it also leaves the radiator fans running (this is a factory setting) for about 30 seconds after u power down. Turbo timers are not needed and a waste of money and may well attract laughter if you announce you've put one in a Falcon to any normal Falcon turbo owner. Trawl this website and the other xr6 turbo dedicated website (can that be mentioned here?) and u will see 1000 posts advising the same. |
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02-11-2012, 09:03 AM | #32 | ||
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We never had one on our turbo diesel Landcruiser, but we were looking at them, and yes, GReddy seemed to have some nice compact ones...they come from a well-established and trusted company too. The only advice we got was "Think twice about buying some generic one off Ebay".
Not sure about Falcons, but with the Landcruiser, GReddy did an accessory kit that meant the control button thing fitted neatly into one of the accessory switch blanking plates, of which a 100 series Landcruiser had several on the dash and console. That shows a bit of thinking about the little details. |
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