Honda Civic / Del Sol (1992 - 2000) EG/EH/EJ/EK/EM1 Discussion

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Old May 6, 2006 | 11:40 PM
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why do people unplug their knock sensor? i mean it doesnt make your car faster does it? what does it do?
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Old May 7, 2006 | 12:18 AM
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it detects knocks within the engine. Produced by pre-detonation within the cylinders.
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Old May 7, 2006 | 05:44 AM
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I have never heard of just unplugging it but you can have it disabled in your ecu. I believe unplugging it will make your ecu run a different fuel mapping which will make you loose hp.
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