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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 09:44 PM
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Default Knock counts gone wild.

Hooked up Autotap on my LT4. My knock counts at idle was 600. When I rev the engine the counts go up to 1100 no matter how high I rev the engine and stays there,1100, till the engine returns to idle. I did a search and didn't find anything on this. Any thoughts?
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 10:27 PM
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Default Re: Knock counts gone wild. (Tony.96LT4)

Hooked up Autotap on my LT4. My knock counts at idle was 600. When I rev the engine the counts go up to 1100 no matter how high I rev the engine and stays there,1100, till the engine returns to idle. I did a search and didn't find anything on this. Any thoughts?
Perfectly normal. It holds the last value until further knock activity is detected and then continues counting from where it left off. At 30,000 counts it starts over again.
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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 12:42 AM
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Default Re: Knock counts gone wild. (96GS#007)



you need to look at the knock retard.. the knock count will only incremant when you hit more than 3-4 degrees of knock retard...

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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 08:59 PM
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Thanks for the info. This is my first week with the AutoTap or any scan tool for that matter. I'm not a newbie to auto mechanics but I am to this new tool. Any tips or what I should be looking for would be greatly appreciated.

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Old Jul 1, 2004 | 09:33 PM
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Default Re: Knock counts gone wild. (Tony.96LT4)

Hey Tony,

No problem we all have learning curves on everything

I usually look at the O2's, the MAF, spark knock counts, spark knock in degrees, mph,rpms. injector pulse width, they give quite good indications if you make a good hard pass of what the car is doing...

I use autotap alot it has ben great setting up the supercharger...

If you have any questions feel free to email me...

Mo
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