Knock with SAAB APC

Jim Green jeg1976 at yahoo.com
Fri Jan 9 10:37:41 EST 2004


--- Alan Pritchard <apritchard at seaeye.com> wrote:
> denis, the saab unit can be modified to control
> higher boost levels, and
> reduce boost when knock occurs...
> I believe 
> http://www.900aero.com/index.html
> <http://www.900aero.com/index.html> 
> has info on it.....
> of course you could argue that when tuned properly
> you are unlikely to
> encounter knock, plus these guys can probably
> tell/hear/predict knock with
> their god-like abilities ;)
> when I get my MS on (which is moving along nicely) I
> plan on working on fuel
> only, using wb 02 and feel. When I move onto the
> ignition side I will retune
> using a knock light (no god-like abilities) and wb
> o2.  The saab unit can
> output to an led/buzzer/whatever. There is also a
> standalone box offered
> from http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/
> <http://www3.sympatico.ca/borism/> 

Hey, that's pretty cool, never seen that before.  I'm
inclined to get one and hook it up with the stock
knock sensor and see how it fares along side the APC. 
Definately has a better size.  HMM.............

Alan, you to will have God like abilities after a few
years(maybe not even that long) of tuning.  It's
amazing how well you get to know your motor.

=====
Jim Green
'89 80q ... slow
'89 90tq .................fast
http://www.mswanson.com/~jgreen/car_home.html

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