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Has anyone heard about removing the knock sensor. It is suppost to release more horsepower caused by the sensor retarding the timeing in the engine because of vibration.
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Originally Posted by tmounk
Has anyone heard about removing the knock sensor. It is suppost to release more horsepower caused by the sensor retarding the timeing in the engine because of vibration.
If I were you I would do more research what is knock and what does that do to the engine?
Do you think manufacturers use technology to reduce the peformance of the engine? Why not go ahead and remove the CVTCS system while you are it? May be carburettors are the way to go.
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DONT DO IT. if you even need to ask us why people would do it, you dont know enough about it to do it right.
lots of people do it on high hp applications where engine vibrations cause the knock sensor to retard timing. the vibrational noise sounds like knock to the sensor, which then causes the car to lose power.
ive never heard of doing this on anything less than a fully built motor, running a very big turbo and a full standalone ecu, with built in knock control in the ecu.
lots of people do it on high hp applications where engine vibrations cause the knock sensor to retard timing. the vibrational noise sounds like knock to the sensor, which then causes the car to lose power.
ive never heard of doing this on anything less than a fully built motor, running a very big turbo and a full standalone ecu, with built in knock control in the ecu.
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Originally Posted by tmounk
Has anyone heard about removing the knock sensor. It is suppost to release more horsepower caused by the sensor retarding the timeing in the engine because of vibration.
That’s one time you might even get more power running regular fuel instead of premium!
Seriously, what they all said. Don’t do it.
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Originally Posted by tmounk
Has anyone heard about removing the knock sensor. It is suppost to release more horsepower caused by the sensor retarding the timeing in the engine because of vibration.
The engine ECU controls the ignition timing to control several factors: engine speed/power/torque, exhaust emissions, and pre-ignition (a.k.a knocking). Generally, the ECU will advance the ignition timing until pre-ignition events start occurring. If you have great gas, it will allow the ignition timing to advance further than on crappy gas, and the engine will make more power. Some people think that by removing the knock sensor completely will trick the ECU into giving the engine maximum spark advance (since it will never see a knock event), but they're quite wrong. The reason: ECUs are smart enough to detect if the knock sensor is not working correctly, and they will go to a default spark advance value...and you can rest assured that it is set conservatively enough that under most conditions, you will lose HP.
In short: it's a really bad idea. You'll lose power, your fuel economy will drop and the emissions will also increase. There's a lot of mis-information out there, so you have to be careful...I'm glad you asked before actually trying it!
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