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Re: Idle Spark Control -- Why?
Posted to Technical Theory Forum on 1/13/2008

desired_Tq/Tqi = 0 Spark control = Torque Control. Idle spark control is used to maintain 0 torque. At idle net torque target is zero otherwise engine speed would vary.

Sometimes it is also referred to as Spark Smoothing

Tqi - indicated torque

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