your stock and n/a its gonna knock and its ok. if you can tune it out you'll get more power out of it tho.
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your stock and n/a its gonna knock and its ok. if you can tune it out you'll get more power out of it tho.
It's an NA motor so you're fine. More boost than stock + KR = bad. But you don't have that problem. I wouldn't worry about it unless you're planning on modding or doing something special to it. Even stock 3800SC cars knock. I saw 4-5+* of KR stock. No biggie.
Also if you're worried about it, and you don't already, Put in some 93 instead of 87.
When do you see KR? When I was NA I was seeing 5-6 when shifting. Simply adding a 3" FWI, I rarely seen spikes like that again. Maybe coincidence, dunno because I didn't run NA long. But a downpipe and cai or hai will definitely help you.
And ideally you don't want any KR when FI. You can get away with a few degrees, but it seems these pistons are easy to chip so ideally you should tune it all out if possible.
I only see it when I get on the throttle. At idle I don't see any at all. I just wanted to make sure and get some peace of mind. I'm not modded yet but I will when I free up some money. Haha. I'll probably end up top swapping or swapping out the motor with a lower mileage one. I'm currently at 155k I think.