legacycentral bbs

I've noticed recently that my car seems more responsive and peppy if I've been crusiing for a while than during stop-n-go driving. even aroudn back roads where I take a lot of corners and I'm on the brakes a lot. I have a stripped stud on both front wheels and as a result I get some brake shudder. it's getting a little heavy, and I was wondering to myself if the knock sensor might be picking up on it and retarding the timing?

any idea if this could be the case and how to rectify it?

-Igg

The ECU cycles itself every little while and learns whether your driving casually or agressive. So the car will feel a little different in stop and go slow city driving than on a nice twisty fast road, untill it can learn and adjust itself. As for the shuddering the knock sensor would not pick it up as pinning. The frequency of pinning and wheel shudder is different.

Mark,

If you haven't checked already, the original knock sensors on many of these cars are faulty and should be replaced. I'll get around to it, because i'm almost certain that my hesitation is because of it.

Dave