i was considering turboing my n/a within the next year, is there a way to install a knock sensor on my na so i can better tune to know when its going to knock/ is knocking

i saw the safc has built in knock sensor, but i dont know if this sensor would work on an n/a ?

 

The SAFC knock sensor just ties into the stock knock sensor. If you don't have a knock sensor on the car, it ignores the input.

I don't think there's any reason why you couldn't install one - it should just bolt right up.

-=Russ=-

 

but how would i tie the knock sensor into whatever is reading it (safc)? my car is n/a so im like 99% sure it has no knock sensor

 

From what I have been told it is only a knock counter on the SAFC and it is kinda useless. The stock knock sensor threads into the front rotor housing. I'm not sure if NAs had this hole on the engine.

 

well that sucks, i would think youd want a knock sensor if you turboed an na engine, im hoping to turbo mine at like 7-10 psi and get like 220-250 whp, im not sure how much it would want to boost since its streetported... but i wont be doing this for a while

 

NA harness also doesnt have the connector for the sensor so wiring it in might be interesting.

 

yeah i figured that ... that sux too

i wish i had 1500 $ id go buy a haltech but im not exactly ballin

 

could get a microtech for 800 I think =P

 

800 sounds cheap but im assuming thats just for the ecu and none of the sensors, and prolly the cheapest mictrotech there is ( Lt8), most expensive is LT12

 

Microtechs use stock sensors.

 

so then i wouldnt even get to use a knock sensor, that wouldnt help me ! lol

 

You don't seem to be understanding. The problem is your N/A ecu that can't do anything with a knock sensor. A standalone on the other hand, CAN. And since you wire it yourself , you just wire up the knock sensor and be done.

 

You don't need a knock sensor anyway. It's way too slow to respond, and by the time it does, the damage is being done.

Proper tuning is, as always, the key. 8 PSI or so on and NA engine is easy. Stock ECU, S-AFC, bigger injectors. When you want to make more power, then you need to look into the standalone. And this is AFTER you have read "EFI Tuning For Dummies" as I have already told you at least 5 times...

DO NOT CONTINUE WITH THIS PROJECT UNLESS YOU WANT TO PAY FOR ANOTHER REBUILD.

 

where can i find the "EFI Tuning for Dummies" at?

 

id like to know this also..

 

Sarcasm store.

Seriously, your local library should have a good selection. Search their card catalogue.

 

i go there all the time. heh heh....
but back to the topic, is the knock sensor a lil grey box that's on the drivers side of the front fenderwell near the firewall??...cuz if so, i got one and it's a 88 n/a.