Originally Posted by
rays04gtx
It controls Timing , during those split seconds after you go from Idle to WOT if there is any knock detected these tables pull timing, these tables are used during rapid throttle opening, now if you ease your foot down or Driving steady ,constant pedal pressure or in cruise control and the engine experiences knock ,that timing is pulled by different tables(Engine>Retard>short term knock or Long term knock)
Look at it this way.
Your staged on the Line, holding against the convertor @2000 rpms waiting for the Light to go green, if your engine starts to sense Knock, it'll pull timing based on Engine>Retard>short term knock table, Light goes green, that split second it takes you to mash the pedal down , if there's knock it'll pull timing based on the TIP table, now your into the run, pedal is on the pedal stop, if you get knock here, timing is pulled by the engine>Retard> Long term knock table.