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I INDEX

throttle angle, 52, 153, 189, 206, ignition timing and, 241
413 maximum, 368
decrease in, 237 mean best, 244
position sensors (TPS), 50, 157, restoring, 24-25
167, 188, 206-207, 226, 228, spark advance and, 243-244
236 wheel, 281, 285
throttle body fuel injectors (TBFI), torque converter, 413
226, 413 torque converter locking clutch
throttle plate, 11, 277 (TCC), 251-252
angle (See throttle angle) transaxle, 4, 19
cruise control shutoff and, 277 transducer gain, of sensors, 33
intake air control, 175, 238 transfer function, 413
time division multiplexing, 389-390 transistors, 30, 71, 74-76, 220, 413
time response, of system, 45 amplifiers, 76-77
timed sequential port fuel injection digital circuits, 81
(TSPFI), 226 transmission, 18-19
timekeeping, interrupts for, 132 continuously variable (CVT),
timer (computer), 132 380-381
timing. See also ignition timing; spark control, 379-381
timing gear selector position, 189
fuel injection, 170, 257 transmitter/receiver (T/R) unit, 390
light, 335-337 transport delay, 413
microcomputer operation, 104- trip computers, 328-330, 386
105, 124-125 twisted nematic liquid crystal, 313-
valves, 156, 368-370 316
tire pressure, low, warning system, two’s complement notation, 107
384-386 2-stroke/cycle engine, 18, 376-378
tire-slip control, 284-285
top dead center (TDC)
compression ratio and, 156 U
definition, 9, 413
fuel injection timing, 194-195,
257 underdamping, 264
ignition timing, 194-195, 197, universal joints, 19
200, 240, 243-244, 337 unsprung mass, 21, 41-42, 286-287,
spark advance measurement, 161 289
torque, 147
acceleration enrichment and, 235-
236 V
air/fuel ratio variations and, 160,
161
braking, 281 vacuum spark advance, 17
definition, 159, 413 vacuum-fluorescent display (VFD),
exhaust gas recirculation and, 163 316-318

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