I let mine sit on idle for a minute or two before I switch it off, it helps to preserve the life of the turbo.
The blip used to be recommended in older cars with cr@p oil pumps to leave a bit of oil in the top end. Dunno if you need to bother these days.
:amuse: I have a turbo timer on mine for that reason!
I tend to pull up, hand break on (I always used to leave it in gear but cant on my evo as the turbo timer will kick in and launch the car forward), keys out, and if the engine is still running lock the car on the cars lock, if it isn't then lock it on the cobra.
Not aware of any turbo timer on the old girl! A car boffin at Silverstone told me to do this, so who am I to dispute it?
Not aware of any turbo timer on the old girl! A car boffin at Silverstone told me to do this, so who am I to dispute it?
Oil temperature gauge is useful in turbocharged cars for this reason.
The blip before shutdown also helped to get some petrol vapour into at least one cylinder to assist the next startup. Totally pointless on modern cars.
It's also used in film theatre as the classic engine switch-off sound - for some reason that's what we expect to hear and directors know this.
That's the same as the frog sound - 'Rib-it' - used in almost all films requiring a frog noise. Universal (I think) required a frog sound effect so the technicians went out to the back lot and recorded the Baja California Treefrog there. These frogs, along with the Sierran Treefrog and the Northern Pacific Treefrog, are the only ones that make the rib-it sound, but their call is heard in films not even set in North America
some insurers wont touch them cause they bypass the imobiliser
That's like the wilhelm scream, used in almost every film for a sudden death.
Usually whith turbo timers they work with the alarm and imobiliser.
So like bbj says it will cut the engine after a set time. Some will also lock the car up after as well.
But even with the turbo timer running you can still lock the car so it's not gonna go anywhere anyway.