Turbo Timer

[R338OY]

I have an A'pexi turbo timer (pen style) and as far as i know it automatically sets itself according to how long/hard the engine's been driven.

At the moment it's just on a preset 30sec and i manually set it higher if i need to.

I can't get it to set itself. Does anyone know how this works?

Thanks

[QWK32]

1. go to the screen where the time setting is displayed

2. push and hold the little joystick thing to the right where you can manually set it higher.

3. then push and hold the joystick to the right again. the manual time should change and display "3 n 1" or something like that. thats the auto mode.

i've never used it so i cant really tell you much more without going and digging up the manual.

[R338OY]

1. go to the screen where the time setting is displayed

2. push and hold the little joystick thing to the right where you can manually set it higher.

3. then push and hold the joystick to the right again. the manual time should change and display "3 n 1" or something like that. thats the auto mode.

i've never used it so i cant really tell you much more without going and digging up the manual.

Ok i did that, but when i turn the engine off it only counts down from 10secs! It doesn't change time automatically.

I checked the manual from the A'pexi site, and my guess is that my timer isn't wired up properly to the ECU, to monitor how long the engine needs to idle based on A/F ratios or some sh!t.

WHat's up with this?

[MotoMan]

My blitz on auto only counts for 10 seconds... you dont need any longer...

GO out and drive and bring on the boost... look to see if the timer has gone up...

if it doesnt something isnt working..

generally you only need longer than 10 secs if you have thrashed it all the way home.. which would be stupid turbo timer or not

[QWK32]

yeah for the auto timer function to work you need the 02 sensor cable wired in. and there is different settings for the auto time amount aswell, like how quickly it adds time on.

[R338OY]

Crap i'm not bothered to go get an O2 sensor cable wired in...just make do with manual autotiming for now.

If anyone suggets a way to do it that's easy enough for a dope like me then give some advice

[QWK32]

firstly do you you get the a/f readout on the timer. if you do then its wired in. if you don't its easy to wire. the white wire with the red trace just gets spiced into the o2 signal wire on the ecu. cant tell you which pin it is but if you search for an ecu pinout diagram it will tell you.

[R338OY]

When i set the timer to give me an O2 readout the numbers just go up and down (it climbs up and then begins at the first number again) while i'm idling. Is it working then?

[QWK32]

yep. its wired in. hav eyou got the instuction steet handy read the bit about the auto feature. if you don't ten this is how it works. on the screen that displays "3 n 1"

the "3" or the first value stands for the maximun number of minutes it will run for. 1 to 8 mins is accepted

the "n" or the second value stands for the calculation rate of the timer, n = normal, h = high and l = low

the "1" or the third value stands for the minimun number of seconds x10 it will run for. so a value of 1 is really 10 seconds. a value of 6 is 60 seconds or a minute. values 1 to 6 are accepted

[paulr33]

the auto mode is hopeless dont bother with it

just press right with the handbrake up and press right again to change the mode

you should just leave it on hard set mode and choose say 30 seconds

the auto mode you can set minimum idle to say 30 seconds if u want but it will end up dialing it to around 2 minutes on normal settings so its a waste

[R338OY]

Thanks guys i'll set it to '3 H 3' i guess and see if that helps. I guess if it's going way too high i'll leave it in manual mode.

Cheers