Group
28
Ignition sys
t
ems
D
es
i
gn and funct
io
n -
Compensa
t
ion
f
unctions
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°
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R
EX-I
Load
-
controlled retardation
Function
Since
a sudden increase in load
greatly
inc
reases the
risk of
knock
,
the
control
un
i
t in
corpo
rate
s
a fun
c
t
io
n which
tards t
he
tim
ing sharply
f
o
r
a
brief
period
u
nder these condit
io
ns
.
The fun
c
tion
of
load
-
controlled
re
t
ardation is
to
duce th
e li
ke
li
h
ood o
f
knock when
the
accelerator
is suddenly depressed
.
Back
g
r
o
und
High
engine
loa
d
(equiva
l
ent
t
o
the
injection of a la
r
ge quanti
t
y of mixture) is a
prerequis
i
te to the
occurrence
of the
more
com
mon type
s of
kn
oc
k
.
Thus,
for
examp
l
e
,
when
t
he accelerator
is
s
uddenly
depressed,
t
he
co
ntrol uni
t
may
be unab
le (
by
virtue
o
f
i
t
s
design)
to retard
t
he
ignition
quick
l
y enough by
an
amount
equiva
l
en
t
to the
l
oad increase
.
For th
is
reason
,
certai
n
c
ars may be
su
bje
c
t
to what is known as
'
transitional
'
knock
if
driven
in
too high a
gear
with
the
accelera
t
or
to the
fl
oor.
Sharp retardat
i
on
To
overcome this problem
,
th
e con
trol
unit incorporates
a program
-co
ntr
o
lled fun
c
tion wh
ich
retards the norma
l
t
iming
by
in response
t
o
a
loa
d
signallfrom
the fue
l co
ntrol
unit)
in
d
ic
ating
a
s
udden pr
ess
ure drop
the in
-
take
manifold.
Rap
i
d re
·a
dvan
ce
Th
e con
t
rol uni
t t
hen restores
t
he
t
imi
ng
very
rapidly
t
o
th
e
normal
value,
0..
This
is car
ried
ou
t
in ste
p
s o
f
every
five
engine
revolut
ions (bo
th
values
approx
i
mate)
.
regardle
ss of
whether
th
e
higher load
condi
t
ion
i
s
o
f
longer dur-
ation
.
Should the rap
id
pressure drop
be fo
llow
ed by full
o
pen
i
ng of
the throttle
,
th
e con
tr
ol
unit
will
have
sufficien
t t
ime
t
o
aga
in
retard the
basic
tim
ing
by
a
sufficien
t
amount
w
i
th
ou
t
any significant r
i
sk
of
f
u
rther
knock
.
systems
8re
equipped
w
i
th
8
similar
cont
r
ol
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