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Old Oct 23, 2025 | 04:00 AM
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Idle spark advance

Hello everyone, I have an lt 1 engine with a camshaft CC501 212/218 , Lift .488/.495 LSA 112
Help me set up the spark tables,I have adjusted the VE tables
What kind of spark is needed for idling when the tps is closed

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Old Oct 23, 2025 | 06:28 AM
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Re: Idle spark advance

The split between the intake and exhaust duration (218/218) looks odd.

Is it actually this cam (212/218)?

https://www.summitracing.com/parts/c...Hykeh#overview

There’s nobody left here…. maybe a 1/2 dozen LT1 addicts, and one LS1 fan. Not sure if any of us do our own tuning.
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 08:58 AM
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Forgot….. one of your earlier posts indicated you had a 1994 Caprice. Is the engine you are tuning an iron head LT1?
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 10:20 AM
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Re: Idle spark advance

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Forgot….. one of your earlier posts indicated you had a 1994 Caprice. Is the engine you are tuning an iron head LT1?
ohh I'm sorry, I was wrong, you're right.212/218
Yes lt1 iron heads
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 10:48 AM
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Re: Idle spark advance

was idle spark 20 tps 0 knock I lowered it to 14 and knock stopped , but the engine is shaking
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 11:00 AM
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2 pic 14 spark and 20



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Old Oct 23, 2025 | 12:15 PM
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Running rich on the wideband, you heard knock… but there is no knock retard at either setting.

I’ll see if I can get my tuner to look at this.
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 12:21 PM
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Re: Idle spark advance

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Running rich on the wideband, you heard knock… but there is no knock retard at either setting.

I’ll see if I can get my tuner to look at this.
I can drop the logs and you can see the knock
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 03:53 PM
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In the charts in post #6 both show KR = 0. Or are you assuming the increasing knock counts are the result of audible knock?

What format are the logs? $EEHACK tends to be very cumbersome compared to Scan94/95.
Old Oct 23, 2025 | 03:57 PM
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Re: Idle spark advance

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What format are the logs?
eehack and csv
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22.10.csv (1.79 MB, 7 views)
Old Oct 25, 2025 | 01:15 AM
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In the charts in post #6 both show KR = 0. Or are you assuming the increasing knock counts are the result of audible knock?

What format are the logs? $EEHACK tends to be very cumbersome compared to Scan94/95.
I also noticed that there is a knock on the drive, but no knock on the parking.
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I’ll try to download and take a quick look today or tomorrow.
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