you don't need to ECU will retart on too many knocks
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you don't need to ECU will retart on too many knocks
Nah i just saying i want something to messure the knocks. Power FC has figures on it but i was taking about some type of gauge.
i found something on ebay...a few things but they look poxy
yes i look into this.
HKS AFK... Digital knock sensor with wideband AIR/Fuel
http://www.hksusa.com/info/?id=3489
about $800 usd but is a very nice unit. You can even plug earphones into the unit to head the knock alerts when driving.
Wow thats awesome hahaha love extemely unnecessary technologyQuote:
Originally Posted by Sexc86
I beg to differ on the statement "Extremely unnecessary technology"
I beleive a knock sensor like this is very necessary. Wideband A/F for piece of mind (also good for tuner). Knock Sensor, most performance cars are tuned with 98oct (highest oct on pump) and pretty agressively (just before the point of premature ignition AKA - Knock/Ping)
Sometimes its hard to hear a ping with a loud exhaust, with this unit you can SEE it on the head up display and Head it through head phones (good for drag or circuit to alway have a set of headphones in to listen to engine knock). This is for worst case senario if you ever get a bad batch of fuel and you start pinging... then you simply know when to put in octane booster (which you should always keep in your car if you want to keep a performance engine healthy.
no i actually wasnt being sarcastic....i love things like this that have attention to detail but somehow seems extremely unusable for the daily driver.
Like my TV at home, it has a heat sensor as the on or of button. All you do is slide your hand under the TV and it turns on, instead of just having a normal OFF/ON button
I think its extrememly useable for a daily driver being limited to 98 octane and the chance of getting a bad batch every week you fill up and also not being able to always hear pinging due to a loud exhaust. compared to a drag car ONLY being run on C16
You know what would be good is if you could hook it up to your deck as the auxiliary function. So when you get your new batch of fuel u can check how its all running.
instead of chucking headphones on which is also illegal to drive with. You just listen to it via the speakers
yeh that would be interesting. I think the AFK has a Visual warning (head up display), Possibly an onboard speaker? as well as headphone use. Nevertheless i dont see why you coudnt plug into an aux imput on a head unit
If its 3.5mm Stereo Jack you can get that converted to Stereo RCA and just put that into the AUX on your deck...sweet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sexc86