eg Gsr question
07-01-2003, 01:20 PM
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eg Gsr question
All i have to do is wire up the knock sensor correct? Can the engine run without the knock sensor would it be bad on the motor?
07-05-2003, 05:59 AM
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Re: eg Gsr question (JDMlifestyle)
I would run the p72, but also like previously stated if you do run without it make it very brief. It only takes bad fuel and 1/1000th of a second and kaboom.
07-05-2003, 07:35 AM
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Re: eg Gsr question (JDMHEIM)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDMHEIM »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I would run the p72, but also like previously stated if you do run without it make it very brief. It only takes bad fuel and 1/1000th of a second and kaboom.</TD></TR></TABLE>
You act like the engine will blow up just because the P72 reads for a knock sensor.
Anyone running a P28 without the knock feature is in immediate danger then according to your theory. I've ran my B18C5 for 2 years with no knock. My B16A2 has been running since 1999 with no knock as well since it too runs off of a re-chipped P28 ECU.
...but that doesn't mean that I'd ever run a P72 ECU without the knock hooked up. The engine won't run as well without it hooked up, and it can even disable VTEC. It's literally one wire - why even tinker with the idea of leaving it unhooked?
If you wired up VTEC and the IABs (you didn't did you?) then why not wire up another necessity? Wiring up VTEC is worthless if it won't even engage becaue of a knock sensor code, or even if it does engage it will still be weak because the ECU runs the engine in limp mode if you throw a knock code. This means that it retards timing and runs the engine too rich.
Bottom line?
Wire up the knock if you run a P72 ECU.
If you run a P28 ECU out of laziness then shame on you. It won't run worth a **** unless you have the right Skunk2-type manifold and ideally B16A/Type R-spec gearing.
You act like the engine will blow up just because the P72 reads for a knock sensor.
Anyone running a P28 without the knock feature is in immediate danger then according to your theory. I've ran my B18C5 for 2 years with no knock. My B16A2 has been running since 1999 with no knock as well since it too runs off of a re-chipped P28 ECU.
...but that doesn't mean that I'd ever run a P72 ECU without the knock hooked up. The engine won't run as well without it hooked up, and it can even disable VTEC. It's literally one wire - why even tinker with the idea of leaving it unhooked?
If you wired up VTEC and the IABs (you didn't did you?) then why not wire up another necessity? Wiring up VTEC is worthless if it won't even engage becaue of a knock sensor code, or even if it does engage it will still be weak because the ECU runs the engine in limp mode if you throw a knock code. This means that it retards timing and runs the engine too rich.
Bottom line?
Wire up the knock if you run a P72 ECU.
If you run a P28 ECU out of laziness then shame on you. It won't run worth a **** unless you have the right Skunk2-type manifold and ideally B16A/Type R-spec gearing.
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