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INDEX I

spark pulse generation, 15-16 summing ampliﬁers, 79-80, 271,
spark timing, 157, 160, 181, 241- 276
242, 253-254 suspension system, 3, 20-22, 41-45,
advance mechanisms, 52 285-291
deﬁnition, 413 swirl control, 370
performance, effect on, 161-162 switch tests, 344, 346-349
regulation of, 147 switches, 189, 298-299, 302
spark-ignited engine. See SI (spark- acceleration-sensitive, 362
ignited) engine closure of, 237
speech synthesis, 386, 388, 399 cruise control systems, 276
speed control, vehicle. See also cruise exhaust gas oxygen sensors,
control system switching characteristics of,
radar sensor, 405 211-212
sample period, 305 oil pressure management, 309-310
speed response curves, 265-266 synchronizing pulses, CRT, 320
speed sensors, 189, 200, 266-269, synchronous counter, 90-91
271, 311 system plant. See plant
speed set switch, 266 systematic errors, 47-49, 413
speed-density method, 192, 225, systems
231-233 concept of, 30-35
spring rate, 21 deﬁnition, 413
springs, 20-21
sprung mass, 21, 41, 286-287, 289
square wave waveform, 51 T
stack pointer (SP), 115-116
stacks, 116
standards, measurement, 47 TDC. See top dead center (TDC)
status register, 107-108 technicians’ terminal, 352
steering system, 3, 4, 24-26, 291- TELEPATH, 401
293 telephones, cellular, 399-400
step response, of system, 45-46 temperature. See also coolant
stepper motor, 237, 270, 273-274 temperature (CT); intake air
stoichiometry, 161, 162, 166-175, fuel metering and, 181
209, 211, 224, 225, 231, 234, inlet air, 192, 225
255-256 temperature sensors, 190, 207-208,
deﬁnition, 413 226, 228, 352
future developments, 368, 372, thermal efﬁciency, 159, 370
378-379 thermal noise, 52
strain gauge MAP sensors, 192-194 thermistors, 207, 308-309
stroke, 156, 182 three-way catalyst (TWC), 166-167,
struts, 21 174-175, 224, 256
subroutines, 114-116, 124 throttle actuator, 52, 261-263, 267,
subsystems, 30, 338 269-272, 276-277, 405

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