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RE: Vacuum Advance and Pressure retard

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Subject: RE: Vacuum Advance and Pressure retard
From: Randall Young <ryoung@NAVCOMTECH.COM>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:19:17 -0700
> Yes, the engine management computers on modern engines with forced
> induction do retard the timing under boost.

Typically in response to a "knock" sensor, sometimes aided by a computer map
of conditions that previously caused knock.  One of the checks I've seen
outlined in a service manual somewhere is to rap on the running engine block
with a hammer, and see if the timing changes <g>

Randall

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