Location of knock sensor on a M50 vanos?

[Jon K]

Anyone have an idea where the OE knock sensor is on a M50 vanos block? I am adding knock sense to my car and I want to see if my block has the sensor hole cast in it.

[t_marat]

Bentley says "On M50 engines, the knock sensors are accessible after removing the top engine covers", word for word. As it talks about "M50 engineS", I guess it also covers the Vanos ones.

[winfred]

they bolt into the block a inch or two below the head surface under the intake between two and three and the other between four and five

[Jon K]

they bolt into the block a inch or two below the head surface under the intake between two and three and the other between four and five

Winfred - is either spot any more likely to see knock than the other? This knock sensor is interfacing with my MegaSquirt ecu so I'd like to give it the optimum position. Additionally I had the guy calibrate the unit for an 84mm bore.

[winfred]

hard to say there, the stockers are only looking at 3 holes a piece, it may be possible to hook the pair together and read the whole motor, never tried that though, they send a AC pulse when they detect a certain frequency, you can hook one to a multimeter and smack it with a hammer to see it, with a graphing meter you can tell how good they are, id go with new old ones aren't as sensitive

[Jon K]

I think the unit I bought is a single bolt-thru design. It s a bosch unit but I am pretty sure it won't be the OE one off of a knock sensing motor. I guess I'll just put it somewhere.

[winfred]

some place up high should get the job done

[Jon K]

Winfred are there any cyls on the M50 that are known to run hotter than any other?

[winfred]

i've not herd anything but i am not into high performance m50s, not sure if theres any air or coolent restrictions that cause problems

[Jon K]

Alright thanks for all the help as usual winfred - I'll give you super duper credit when I get this bitch spooling