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      10-16-2010, 09:21 PM   #585
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Originally Posted by scheherazade View Post
A) Does running more aggressive timing make more knock
B) If so, does the knock go down over time
Yes
No.

C) Does running less aggressive timing make less knock
D) Does any knock come back over time

Yes
No

I honestly don't know if the DME has the granularity or range to handle every situation a tuned car will present.
I just know it's designed to try.

With piggyback, the DME is still operating in the same load ranges as a stock tune. For all the DME knows, it is running stock boost/airflow. Which is why additive fuel, TIMING and boost dc adjustments are needed by the associated piggyback. It's a very simple relationship here. Some would have you believe that the DME is a magical black box that just autotunes itself. When that couldn't be further from the case. Just look back the quality of tunes from the pre-CAN days and see how better control/mapping of these additive corrections have made these cars perform/drive.

Shiv

Last edited by OpenFlash; 10-16-2010 at 09:32 PM..
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