EGT's are NOT the culprit.. UNLESS the EGT's are causing the incoming air to be much hotter than normal, which may lead to more detonation.
This car has no way to measure EGT's.. The computer had no idea EGT's are hotter than they should be.
DO NOT turn the clamp off, your only going to lose more timing.
Dial up your clamp like Blackbird has mentioned and see if the Knock Retard goes away. If it goes away, then you know your losing timing from too much timing advance, which is causing detonation. You then have just a few options... Either increase the octane in the fuel (run better quality gas), cool the intake charge (better FMIC) or install a water/meth setup to help reduce detonation. And of course, you can always lower boost to decrease cylinder pressure and thus decrease the probability of knock occuring.
Taking off the clamp will NOT help, because the computer will see the pressure at 19ish psi, freak out and pull timing (so you are right back to square one). If your lucky enough to have an 05 srt, the surge valve will even open and dump boost there.
TJ
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