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Old 20 February 2006, 08:52 PM
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what are the causes of detonation
Old 20 February 2006, 10:03 PM
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basically...

poor fuel
high boost
lots of ignition advance


or a combo of all three...

Its more complicated than that, but I'm off to bed so someone else can pick up on that

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Old 20 February 2006, 10:14 PM
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to make it more complicated i have only seen the knocklink light up twice different circumstances both times, ie different revs,different gears, different weather conditions
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http://www.streetrodstuff.com/Articl...ion/Page_2.php

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good article, if a little long...

There was a superb article in the Times last year, but its not on their website anymore...

I might try and reproduce it at some point

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