Originally posted by Torad:
Pretty sure he means that his car senses knock and backs off just on degree and that he thinks other cars are not that accurate about it. Like maybe ours pulls back 3 degrees or something. I find that a bit hard to believe (that ours would be inaccurate) so I figured I would ask.
The sensor has nothing to due with the amount on timing that is removed. That is preset into the PCM programming & 1 degree is BS.
It's more like 3-5 degrees off the top and gets worse from there "knock" dependant.