no knock sensor!

[IJ.]

I'm NOT going to ban anyone over this and while I understand your frustration 100% about the misinformation being posted I'd rather you educate them if possible than all the confrontation and bad feeling.

"I need a break from this place" pretty well sums it up JJ!

You shouldn't be feeling this way it's meant to be enjoyable here.

Derek and David: If you're not sure post that you aren't and ask for clarification instead of posting it as gospel then being put out when someone corrects you.

No One knows it all and you can always learn something if you keep an open mind!

 

[davidtt87]

i never said ne thing i was saying was gospel, what i said was that when the ecu detects a signal from the knock sensors it will retard timing. also stated that if your car runs better without knock sensors that something is seriously wrong. like i said im not wet behind the ears. ive owned plenty of sports cars. My very first car was a 1985 turbo coupe which has a pretty similar setup as far as the knock sensors go. and as far as having the computer keep the timing retarded when there are no knock sensors i wouldn't know because i've always done the rewire on my supras. I'm always glad to learn something new but so far the only new thing i learned is the supra will prevent detonation by keeping the timing retarded when no knock sensors are present or there is a code. eveything else is just filling or has been repeated a hundread billion times.

 

[SupraDerk]

I don't mean for any of my stuff to sound like gospel. That's how I was sure it happened so I was trying to help out, like you said though no one knows it all and in this case I was wrong about something. This is exactly why I stopped posting though and I think I'll go back to just reading rather than inputting.

 

[jdub]

Civil smivil. I'm not gonna let some wet behind ears snot nosed "smaat noob" tell me how the thing works when he obviously doesn't have a clue and can't even form a sentence. You can always ban my ass. Ever seen the ending to the film Platoon? Just do it . Good thing I'm on my way to Chernobyl. I need a break from this place...

Hey...don't let the noobs get to ya JJ. Think of it like a guy you're trying to teach acro to...it's gonna take a few times of saying the same thing over & over, then they "get it". Hopefully, everyone here wants to learn...if they don't want to listen, they will just have to figure it out the hard way.

You're posts are dead on about solving the various problems that plague this motor...if it helps, I for one appreciate it.

 

[Godspeed]

i second that!

 

[boost fiend]

ok, two sides to this coin.

some people can learn easily and others cant.

teaching someone somthing in a calm mannor and teaching someone somthing with a attitude is another.

it seems to be a issue thats building here. i thought we were here to learn? not get our asses chewed out by others that have owned somewhere around 200 supra's.

thats my .02 and im begining to think this place has become a breading ground for sf rejects.

 

[jdub]

Keep in mind the written word can come across in a completely different way (attitude wise) than the sender intended. See it all the time in e-mail. That's one of the problems with a forum...the way the post "hits" you. A knowledgeable guy with a lot of experience may come across that way, even though that was not the intent. Goes along with "it ain't bragging if you can really do it."

For me, I try not to let it get personal. I take the information at face value and use it to learn...I can use all the help I can get on this car.

 

[boost fiend]

i dont let it get personal. just some people have a way of just saying things in a way that always comes off as "im right and your wrong. this is how it works." i came here to learn and im so fed up with some of the people that im just ready to leave.

i grew up a chevy small block guy. bought a supra for a good price and one hell of a steal. came here to learn about it and watched this place fall down hill in just a short amount of time.




maybe i should go back to sbc's. there cheaper to build and last a whole hell of a lot longer!

 

[supramacist]

Damn......, I would believe anything either one of them said to me. My gas comes from a pump and right now my cars not getting above 89oct. So come on wit it.

 

[jdub]

i dont let it get personal. just some people have a way of just saying things in a way that always comes off as "im right and your wrong. this is how it works." i came here to learn and im so fed up with some of the people that im just ready to leave.

i grew up a chevy small block guy. bought a supra for a good price and one hell of a steal. came here to learn about it and watched this place fall down hill in just a short amount of time.


maybe i should go back to sbc's. there cheaper to build and last a whole hell of a lot longer!

Nah...don't leave. Opinions are like belly buttons (political correctness :naughty: ) we all have one and yours are as valid as mine or anyone else. And if you go back to sbc's...you won't have the joy of pumping tons of $$$ into your Supra! LOL!

BTW...grew up on Chevy's too...big blocks though. The good old days when you listened to the motor to adjust the carb.

 

[supramacist]

Or cut of mom's broom stick handle and touched it to your temple to tell wich rod is actually knocking.

 

[supramacist]

:stickpoke LMAO sorry.

 

[davidtt87]

lol thats funny, actually unplugging the sparkplugs works very well for rodknock lmao. and yes im still here to learn too, but not from someone who has to be a dick about it.

David: That's enough! <IJ>

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