new turbo cars are soooooooo much more reliable!!! of course cars like 180sx, silvia, skyline,gtir what ever are unreliable because
a) they have all been thrashed
b) there just old.....
c) technology has evolved (i.e turbo timer no longer required)
but agree thats what lead me to honda in search of reliabilty, and i loved it could thrash all day and nothing went wrong
But in my search for a 4 door & more power i ended up with 03 wrx and seems pretty reliable although DC2r much more fun to drive
When I think of the fastest Holden/Ford in the world or i look at the v8 super cars... I always stop to wonder how many times a f1 Honda would lap it..... hahahaha
no?
new turbo cars are soooooooo much more reliable!!! of course cars like 180sx, silvia, skyline,gtir what ever are unreliable because
a) they have all been thrashed
b) there just old.....
c) technology has evolved (i.e turbo timer no longer required)
but agree thats what lead me to honda in search of reliabilty, and i loved it could thrash all day and nothing went wrong
But in my search for a 4 door & more power i ended up with 03 wrx and seems pretty reliable although DC2r much more fun to drive
please explain why a turbo timer is no longer required
please explain why a turbo timer is no longer required
basically because metal no longer expands when exposed to heat. :P
it was a new law passed in govt just this week?
or more importantly the 2 different types of metals used to create the turbine and the housing expand at different rates hence the reason you should warm the car up in the begining. and also when turning off the engine, you generally let the temperature return to normalized operating temperature, hence the turbo timer to leave the engine running to allow the metals not to abnormally contract and cool down safely.
I own an r33 gtst. Its reliable as buggery. If you keep them simple and dont go chasing 300rwkw (or even 200rwkw) they are great. I have done 30 000km since i have had mine and only done a set of plugs and a couple of oil changes. Got my 100 000km service done which the mechanics made an arse of, but thats not a fault of the car. I regularly drive 700km in a weekend, some times towing a trailer.
R34 GT-T is definately doable under 20k! I have seen autos for as low as 15k at dealers, so a manual will scrape under some how. Bug eye wrxs despite there ugliness are also a good buy around there.
As for turbo timers, dont they have a function in ensure that oil continues to circulate and doesnt stop in the still extremely hot post flogged turbo. Oil stationary in the core can have a tendancy to burn and become a lovely carbony mess, reducing oil flow through the core and turbo life. Normal driving turbo timers arent a big deal on most water cooled modern turbos.
basically because metal no longer expands when exposed to heat. :P
it was a new law passed in govt just this week?
or more importantly the 2 different types of metals used to create the turbine and the housing expand at different rates hence the reason you should warm the car up in the begining. and also when turning off the engine, you generally let the temperature return to normalized operating temperature, hence the turbo timer to leave the engine running to allow the metals not to abnormally contract and cool down safely.
sounds suspiciously like you have no idea what youre talking about.
since turbo timers have everything to do with the oil getting hot and turning to sludge, and nothing to do with metal expanding, i dont see how anything you said means anyting.
my dad was test driving a cooper S, and the salesman told me that the turbo didnt need to be cooled down, yet had no answer when i asked him what was going to prevent the hot oil around the turbo turning to sludge.
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