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Old 08-21-2008   #88
Shane@DBPerformance
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Re: Engine Clanking -WTF!!!

Pre-ignition and detonation are two different things. Often them come hand in hand though with bad detonation causing pre-ignition to occur. But you can have a pre-ignition failure caused by something else.

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Originally Posted by Halon View Post
I wouldn't think at 1/4 throttle, 3-4k RPM's, rush hour on Central kind of driving conditions, that my motor would detonate enough to cause something like this.
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