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Originally Posted by IndyNova
Is it as simple as getting the adapter harness and drilling and tapping the block? Or, do I even need the knock sensor?
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My wife's car already had bosses that were tapped on the side of the block but you could make a mounting block to screw the sensor into and use one of the existing tapped holes on the side of the block.
There's varying opinions on whether you need the sensors or not. Most tuners turn the sensitivity down once performance camshafts are installed since fast valve action tends to create more valvetrain noise which the knock sensors can see as detonation and the ecu starts pulling timing. How much the sensors are really doing at that point I don't know, but having them installed isn't really hurting anything so I prefer to keep them.