Today we review the Maxxecu Race Premium kit that we installed on my Turbo Ameri-Barra Vortec 4200 Inline 6 powered 1981 Ford Fairmont Station Wagon. The IO capability with the Maxxecu is incredible and will help us greatly for the Drag Racing Season. The Analog Inputs, Digital Inputs, EGT inputs, and advanced Traction Control, Self Learning, and advanced CAN bus capabilities are awesome!! If you are looking for an ECU for any form of motorsports, drifting, road racing, autocross, drag racing, this is a great option!
Thanks for watching!!
Chapters:
0:00 Credits
0:25 Disclaimer
1:30 Introduction
3:45 IO Adaptability
7:35 Advance Tables
10:05 Design
11:57 Datalogs
13:32 Digital Dash
16:50 Outro
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I personally use an Android tablet with mine an it works flawless I used an app that wakes up the tablet an automatically opens the mdash app once it senses the charger ..an I wired the charger in the car ..plus the mdash app has the bluttooth switching so no need for physical switches an more free inputs
I wanna see u on an episode of HOONIGANS THIS VS THAT
That seems like an awesome solution.
Thanks Calvin
How good is the closed loop fueling with this?
This all sounds so much like an industrial PLC.
Especially the NC signals for safety are so basic in industrial applications.
Surprisingly, no other company is really going that route.
See FB Group MLVHD. Many if not most of the engine log examples are generated with a MaxxECU. You would not believe all of the cool stuff I am doing with my Maxx Race and custom tables and math channels. Good video.
Amazing review…thank you!
Thanks for the insight.
I’ve been researching ECUs for my Barra build for a while now. Maxx was near the top of the list and thanks to your review of their product it has moved up the list.
If you feel the need to go “pro mod full fancy pants”, just get the Holley Dominator and be done with it. Otherwise your gold box with a tinker dash and and an output extender will take you plenty far with what you are doing.
What about Haltech?
Will it interface with CAN gauges?
Okay yep I'm basically sold. That looks awesome. Considering a fancier ECU for the next project and the gap in quality from a 3-500$ speedy or megasquirt to a 1k$ haltech or maxxecu is seeming pretty worth it.
Very interesting ecu! Would love to see a software overview
Very cool. I was running into a wall with my Terminator when I tried to have the fans run at 90% PWM with the A/C on. It's seems like such a simple thing to work out, but it's a super pain in the ass. And, I didn't manage to figure it out.
Excellent video! I'm definitely a belly button combo guy but I got a lot out of this. I like everything about my Raspberry pi dash except the boot time. 3 seconds to run on the Tinker Dash is amazing.
Great info. Thanks
Hi great review thank you. I have the Maxxecu Street which is a baby unit compared to yours however it works perfectly well for what I need it to. Very user friendly and easy to wire up. However I bought this because of the M Dash function to later find that the sport does not support Bluetooth Maxxecu's solution was to trade my ECU for the model up which was very generous of them but I don't really want to spend a further 400 + just for the M Dash
Sorry for the long message. My question is how does the Tinker Dash link to the ECU and is it compatible with the Sport
Maxxecu customer services are top by the way very helpful
I have never tuned anything nor am I at the step in my build where I need to do so and STILL this is some of the most valuable information ever. Not to mention the review is courtesy of someone who is competent, has ACTUALLY put these products through their paces, and isn't biased due to some sponsorship. Thanks Nivlac57
Awesome review.
Hey ! Can the maxxecu be used on a diesel / heavy semi engine? Say…a c15 cat or a d12d volvo?
It's weird that you would say "it's the closest thing to a microcontroller I've ever used" when a speeduino is a programmable microcontroller. There are a lot of drawbacks to speeduino but don't deny the ATMega in its heart.
You should seriously consider FuelTech for a future project sometime! It's quite awesome.
Unlimited tables like….freevalve table? 😉
How hard would it be to set up a basic Street LS turbo? Using a Street Premium kit?
Would love to see your fan and transbrake config. Multi use button is very handy
Looked into those ecus a couple months back for my project, sadly no direct support for my cam and crank trigger. Ended up pulling the trigger on a Link G4X XtremeX they have a good amount of the same features and flexibility.
Maxx ECU works with the holley 6.86 pro dash also
I have a rather obscure build that I'm starting and this is exactly, what I wanted. What a perfect video.
On a budget for an engine but spend nearly 2 grand on a computer to control it I know Im being a whiner about this but the industry can make cheaper ECU's than what they have out right now. And the Max Ecu is an affordable choice to that is what makes it so bad.I get that 3K for a racing teams ECU is nothing when their engines cost 40-70K but there does need to be more reasonable priced standalone ECUs for the common man available that are inline with these cheap junkyard engine builds even the squirt ECUs are over priced for what they are in my opinion
Boom nailed it for me on the dash! I was little iffy as i was looking into the maxecu. Thank you for all your input on this. Really opened my eyes on some things!
Rip laptop lol. Great review!!! I've been using a maxxecu sport on my drag Hayabusa for a yr now and I love it. Does the TINKER dash use Mdash?
Are you using the factory cam and crank trigger with the maxxecu? Thanks
Great review! I am looking to buy one for a rally car project, but i also really hate the tablet m dash. Do you think it is possible to use a dash which is just a screen, just to display the basics, and use another output to do all the logging, and maybe some push buttons for different features? Thank you!
Hi mate, will the Maxx ecu mini have the option for launch control?
Have you found any other tech info resources outside of the Help info on their site? There’s YouTube info but it seems scattered.
What kind of electric water pump do you use? Awesome review btw
Have you ever tuned on a Ecumaster EMU Black and can compare it to the Maxxecu Race?
It really is fully adaptable and configurable. Before I locked my choice on a maxxecu, I tried out the software for a few others – Link and Haltech namely. Quickly found the Maxxecu is the most 'unlocked', and although feature-on-feature they're all the same, you need special plugins and extras to do what maxx can do with just a couple of spare tables and logic variables.
Again, not biased. I've used standalones, piggybacks and flash tuners. All depends on the application, somebody who just wants to add a little fuel and retard some timing won't care about the extras.
would you take this over fueltech? have you used fueltech yet?
Is there any way you could help with a newbie when I get the Maxxecu. About to do a turbo build on my 6.0 ls. Gonna say screw it and get the maxxecu pro. I'm a nerd so I want everything to be monitored and have control of everything. Trying to figure out how to build out harness now. Would like to keep factory connectors.
Are you going to load a maxxECU base tune on your wiki for the 4200, be cooler if you did lol
I'd be really curious on your thoughts on the Baldur ecus. You can REALLY shoot yourself in the foot with those.
i did direct injection delete and went maxxecu when i did the head swap on my 335i and the bsd and canbus works great. its literally two wires lol. remove dme, hook maxxecu to two wires and its good to go. i believe now theres even a plug and play adapter too.
My friend just bought one of these and I knew next to nothing about the brand. Wow that IO adaptability is awesome. I've often wondered why other brands aren't more permissive. Other than to limit features between models of course. As a programmer, I def appreciated the part about being designed by an engineer, hahaha. I think most aftermarket ECU options obviously are, but that doesn't mean there aren't big differences in approaches and who made the final calls. Great overview!
Thank you for your review.
MaxxECU team in Sweden
Is this one your go to ECU currently?