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Piwoslaw · 12-12-2011, 02:57 PM

I've been thinking: If a car has a fly-by-wire gas pedal, then could the signal be modified to limit max engine load? Here's the idea: If you press the gas pedal until you feel a resistance, then the TPS signal will be constantly modified to keep the engine load at the set maximum, for example 80%. Press the pedal harder and you will have full load.
I've seen the idea of a spring under the gas pedal here at EM, but limiting its position doesn't always translate directly into limiting engine load. Having something keep the load at 80% is much easier than glancing at the SG or UG every second.
The question is: How do OBD gadgets compute engine load?

12-12-2011, 02:57 PM	#1 (permalink)
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