knock sensor

[RD Rick]

Todd wrote: 
>
>Once Again:
>	J&S Electronics
>	(714) 534-6975
>	13925 parkway Drive
>	Garden Grove, Ca 92643
>
>Talk to John, and tell him, Todd from Protomotive sent me.  He's got a
>great product.  His knock sensor will integrate with everything shy of
>distributorless and he's probably working on that as well.

In his 1992 book, Dr.(?) Jacobs claims that knock sensors jump the 
timing back six degrees, and it takes some time to recover to optimum.  
Meanwhile, an acceleration, like to pass a car, is over with.  He says 
a dashboard-mounted timing control, which he happens to sell, gives 
better results.  Comments?
RD

>David Redpath wrote:

>> I'm new to the group and probably covering old ground,
>> but here goes :-

>> I'm interested in hooking up a knock sensor to monitor my engine.
>> Does anybody have information and/or prototype circuits ?