Greddy vs Blitz vs HKS?!?!

[Scrapin 240]

are the turbos water cooled? that's what seems to be implied. it might just be a water jacket, but a turbo timer will still be needed unless the turbo is a ball bearing which I doubt it is.

I would go with any of the major turbo timers

 

[the_glassman]

are the turbos water cooled? that's what seems to be implied. it might just be a water jacket, but a turbo timer will still be needed unless the turbo is a ball bearing which I doubt it is.

I would go with any of the major turbo timers

The turbo is both water cooled and ball bearing, so IMO its not really needed.

 

[t3ase]

I *may* actually go to some SCCA meets now.. I dunno. Anyway, Spool-Turbo.com has Greddy Timers for $79! Lowest price I've found anywhere, plus it's the company spooln from the board works at, so even better.. ;P

 

[JasonH]

I *may* actually go to some SCCA meets now.. I dunno. Anyway, Spool-Turbo.com has Greddy Timers for $79! Lowest price I've found anywhere, plus it's the company spooln from the board works at, so even better.. ;P

I believe it's Spoolin's company.

 

[t3ase]

Hell, even better.. ;P

 

[I-Am-Chris]

I have the Greddy silver one, I mounted it with my Boost controller (which is for sale ) stacked on each other in the pocket behind the door under the radio. They all almost install the same. Different ones have different features IE Blitz has a boost gauge so u have to run a boost line. Greddy has a Speed meter so you have to wire it into your speed sensor wire (if u want to) also has a lap timer and 0 to 60 stuff. Like said above they all do the same thing. I paid 80 bucks for mine and everything else I have is Greddy so . . . (except my boost controller which is for sale of course to get a greddy one)

 

[t3ase]

Gotta question for ya then. If I have *no* electrical background and little mechanical background, will I be able to decipher the instructions or should I take it to a shop to do? 122 Vega made it look so easy, but I know projects may appear easier online than they really are.

 

[I-Am-Chris]

Um its pretty simple just use a voltage tester and get the blue simple wire splicers and its 3 wires (without optional stuff). And you are done. But as always it would be a good Idea to get someone to do it for you if u are not comfortable doing it

 

[Option]

I wouldn't rely on you TT to act as your boost gauge (if it comes with that feature) since you will have to look away from the road to look at your TT display if you need to monitor your boost. A high-mounted gauge would work better since you can see the needle position out of the corner of your eye and you would have to look away from the road.

 

[twiztedjeckel]

check Britt's site a little closer. he states that he had installed or worked with custom car installation for several years so he may be just a tid bit more mechanically inclined than your average shmo. probably why he made it look so easy

 

[Scrapin 240]

The turbo is both water cooled and ball bearing, so IMO its not really needed.

if this is the case, then there is really no need for it. if you upgrade your turbo to one that is not as the above then you will need it, but for factory levels, its not needed. keep that money for gas, you'll need it

 

[RuggedMazda]

Hey guys, I didn't think I should open a new thread so I just brought this one back to life...

have the Greddy silver one, I mounted it with my Boost controller (which is for sale ) stacked on each other in the pocket behind the door under the radio. They all almost install the same. Different ones have different features IE Blitz has a boost gauge so u have to run a boost line. Greddy has a Speed meter so you have to wire it into your speed sensor wire (if u want to) also has a lap timer and 0 to 60 stuff. Like said above they all do the same thing. I paid 80 bucks for mine and everything else I have is Greddy so . . . (except my boost controller which is for sale of course to get a greddy one)

Hey I-Am-Chris, I just received my turbo timer. I was wondering
if you ( or anyone else who knows ) can help me out on finding the speed sensor wire? Where is it? Everything else shold be fine,
I just want to have this option... Thanks.

 

[I-Am-Chris]

Um good question I havent Hooked that up yt cause I didnt want to screw with it. If I do I'll inform u

 

[Dexter]

Speed Sensor, orange or green/red, N/A, pin 58 on ECM

 

[RuggedMazda]

Um good question I havent Hooked that up yt cause I didnt want to screw with it. If I do I'll inform u

Yeah, same here, did everything else but that....

Speed Sensor, orange or green/red, N/A, pin 58 on ECM

I'm sorry Dexter, but I'm still in the learning phase, can you be
alittle more specific??
I think if you can tell me were the ECM is located, I can count
the pins to fine pin 58, RIGHT????
Thanks....

 

[Dexter]

Yeah, same here, did everything else but that....



I'm sorry Dexter, but I'm still in the learning phase, can you be
alittle more specific??
I think if you can tell me were the ECM is located, I can count
the pins to fine pin 58, RIGHT????
Thanks....

hehe i dunno man i just went to Car Audio/Electronics section and its in the sticky at the top of the page *shrugs*

if you search theres a digram floating around of the ECM i think...and in the HowTo section, on hookin up A/F Guage, Linux shows how to get to the ECM.

 

[RuggedMazda]

Hey dexter I sent you a PM, can you get back to me.....
Thanks man..

 

[AGR]

Does it matter which brand of turbo timer to get? I'm liking the blue display on the Greddy, but I've seen where Vega installed a Blitz.. Does it really matter?

I like my Blitz........

 

[RuggedMazda]

I was going to get the blitz, but I wanted a boost gauge & I
didn't need two of them.....
Here's a pic of my greddy, I installed it last night & finished up
the speed hard wire today ( thanks Dexter, it was pin 58 & worked fine ).........

Reason I mounted it there was to have a good sight of it when
I'm in attack mode & the real time digital speed is cool too.

 

[Dexter]

cool! looks nice!

i cant decide between the greddy or blitz with boost gauge...