Coming from my Subaru years, those motors had a DAM(Dynamic Advance Multiplier) value that would pull ignition timing based on detonation and other issues. As this value dropped you lost power to combat early detonation in the motor. Typically from bad gas, low RPM's with high load, and a few other factors such as modification without having the ECU tuning updated. I competed in RallyX for a bit with these vehicles as well. I knew that it was safer to run the motors into higher RPMs with before going wide open to prevent detonation and potential catastrophic failure(ask me how i learned, the meme exist for a reason).
I was wondering if Toyota uses a similar method in pulling timing and if this is a value that is possible to read with any of the diagnostic tools.
I watch the boost gauge pretty regularly and the amount of boost in the lower RPM range sometimes makes my skin crawl. Doing something similar in my previous Subaru would definitely cause detonation and likely pull back timing. I also assume the electric motor helps with low end torque to take some pressure off the motor to help combat this as well.
Just a curiosity.
I was wondering if Toyota uses a similar method in pulling timing and if this is a value that is possible to read with any of the diagnostic tools.
I watch the boost gauge pretty regularly and the amount of boost in the lower RPM range sometimes makes my skin crawl. Doing something similar in my previous Subaru would definitely cause detonation and likely pull back timing. I also assume the electric motor helps with low end torque to take some pressure off the motor to help combat this as well.
Just a curiosity.
