detonation sensor

[Andrew W. Macfadyen]

The classic car crowd here in the UK would love such a device

kenkelly at lucent.com wrote:

> Dave,
>         I messed up, I only bought one! A vendor at the Fall Englishtown, NJ auto
> fleamarket had at least 20 of them. I really wasn't sure about it. I had never
> seen one before, so I just bought one to play with. I should have bought more.
> It really looks like it was a volumn producton item. It is mounted in a cast
> aluminum heat sink that Has Carter Knock Eliminator cast into the Face in milled
> aluminum on a black background. Looks like a high dollar item.
>
>                 Ken
>
> David Piper wrote:
> >
> > Where did you get the Carter Knock Eliminator?  Any left?
> >
> > TurboDave
> >
> > At 06:15 AM 5/23/98 -0400, you wrote:
> > >In the early 80's Carter made a kit to add a knock sensor to any engine. I
> > >bought an NOS one still shrink wrapped a few months ago. Installed it on my 71
> > >Chevy 350 with HEI ignition. Was an easy install, and it eliminated the pinging
> > >that I had on heavy part throttle loads. Made the engine less sensitive to gas
> > >quality.
> > >
> > >       It had a sensor I mounted on the intake manifold (I know the block would have
> > >been better, but I followed the directions) and an electronics module that
> > >connects between the points or ignition module and the coil. It had two
> > >adjustments: Number of cylinders, and sensitivity.
> > >
> > >               Ken
> > >
> > >
> > >Slava wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Hi !
> > >> I will install a turbocharger  to my V8 engine.
> > >> May be someone know what signal come from detonation sensor.  This data will
> > >> be very useful for me.
> > >> Does exist this sensor control unit not included to ECU.
> > >> Slava.
> > >> Russia.
> > >
> > >