Gizzmo K-lite Knock Sensor On Rb25

[hardsteppa]

didn't find too much info or any thread on these. Anyone else using or have experience with Gizzmo's k-lite knock sensor/light? I've had mine on abut a week and it's calibrated and seems to work fine, picked up medium-level knock on a full-throttle hill climb that seemed about bang on the money. One thing to query if anyone else has experience with them, is it seems it runs through the engine analysis around every 2 minutes which gets pretty annoying for daily driving...those led's are pretty damn bright....once set I would have thought it would just keep that setting and only light up for knock detected but doesn't seem to be the case, and then instructions and info supplied are very basic, doesn't go into detail if this is normal operation..

[STATUS]

give Ray a call @ Gizzmo great guy with great products.

[hardsteppa]

thanks Trent, yep spoke to him, helpful fella that Ray.

[hardsteppa]

alright I feel this is a fair review of the product after running it for a while now...it's one of the worst things I've bought for some time. As above it randomly runs through the calibration sequences (and gives itself different calibrations each time) and doesn't hold the calibration I've set into it. I got a changeover unit and wiring loom from Gizzmo, and bought my own new knock sensor, but still does the same thing. It's not completely useless, in that it does record higher noise under load but its only a vague guide rather than anything reliable. It will randomly throw up a high reading at idle or very light load, and occasionally when the car hits a big bump in the road, that sot of thing. The customer support from Gizzmo was ok, but unfortunately, not much more than that. He offered a refund, and sent the new unit and loom for changeover, which was appreciated, but couldn't offer any suggestions on troubleshooting my install after I described it and sent pics and a video of it randomly calibrating itself, and no suggestions or solutions on the problem other than 'dunno, never seen that before'. An rb25's not exactly a rare, or excessively low or high tech motor after all. The instructions are basic and vague like "it will flash that setting for an extended period"....like what, 5 seconds, 2 minutes? So anyway, it is a pity as it's a product that could have been a lot of use. In the absence of something better I'll leave it on the car but as a general point of reference only, I don't feel it could be relied upon any more than that. Hopefully others have tried it on Skylines and had better experiences with it than this.