CIS-E euro ignition map?

[treed2@u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

> iirc, this is only true for 8v (pre-1986?) cars.  they used this map in the
> early audis, and then started using it for all dubs also.  info is in
> raven's book i believe. toby, have you actually checked how far your timing
> advances at throttle? there's a procedure in bentley...
> -m

I looked through the Bentley but it seems you need an adjustable timing
light (I just have a standard Sears inductive-pickup timing light) in
order to check the actual advance.

Is there any way to see if the knock sensor is causing the timing to
retard?

-Toby

> >From: "T. Reed" <treed2@u.washington.edu>
>
> >In the course of my search for further information on the retardedness of
> >ignition timing due to a faulty knock box, I came across this
> >interesting tidbit of information that I'm wondering if anyone can expand
> >on or verify:
> >
> > > The computer for the knock control has two ignition maps you can use,
> > > Europeon (Hot) and North American (Cold). The base timing on a big
> > > valve head, 1985 and up is 6 deg btdc and with the knock sensor and
> > > Euro ignition map you can push your timing to 12 - 15 btdc. With these
> > > two changes you get about 5 - 10 hp gain and when you use super
> > > unleaded you can feel the difference. (you can also change to a Euro
> > > ignition map in any CIS-E powered motor by cutting the jumper from pin
> > > 3 to pin 11 on the knock sensor control unit and don't forget to
> > > advance the ignition) This is such an easy conversion, I would
> > > encourage everybody to do it.
> >
> >(source:
> >http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=358bf7f2.61476107%40news.axionet.com&rnum=42&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dvw%2Bknock%2Bcomputer%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26start%3D40%26sa%3DN)
> >
> >Of course, I can't test this because my knock brain is presently crapped
> >out.
> >
> >I wish I had european wiring diagrams so I could see if this is in fact
> >different. I've noticed some other odd things in the US wiring diagrams
> >like the seperate circuits for left and right parking lights and whatnot
> >that are just wired together on US cars but I suspect are different in
> >Europe.
> >
> >-Toby
>