Trigger wheels for Aftermarket ECU/EMS

IF I was doing all this for a road car I would probably go the MAXX route - because.

1. If anything goes wrong then easy to convert back at the road side.

2. Can easily take off if selling the car.

3. Lots of info and help off other BMW owners.

 

My car is a track/race car and DTA and other parties are not very helpful unless spending £££.  The DTA forum is cr*p so I had no help from them.

 

Karl

Karlp wrote: IF I was doing all this for a road car I would probably go the MAXX route - because. 1. If anything goes wrong then easy to convert back at the road side. 2. Can easily take off if selling the car. 3. Lots of info and help off other BMW owners.   My car is a track/race car and DTA and other parties are not very helpful unless spending £££.  The DTA forum is cr*p so I had no help from them.   Karl

Can only second that !
I was thinking for a long time about DTA, LENZ, EMERALD etc etc.
But driving the car on the road and all over Europe, I didn't fancy to rely on samll batch production parts only available from the manufacturer.
The MAXX kit proved it's reliability many times and the support is second to none.
And if you're really paranoid, just keep the AFM and the throttle switch in the boot. (requires some slight modifications of how you wire the MAXX in to make the swap quicker. Even the throttle poti can be used).
Getting a full standalone engine management system up and running requires a little bit more than average DIY skills IMHO. And if you haven't got the right support (mates or tuners) you can get lost quite quickly.

I am more than happy with the MAXX AN. It hasn't let me down for once and the car starts every time. Even with an almost flat battery.

BTW MAXX is now running each of his ECU in the car for two weeks before he ships them to customers. How's that for quality control

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MAXX is MAXX, but John is working very close with Martin (who is MAXX ) covering the english speaking market. But Martin speaks quite good english as well.

The £450 was about 6 - 8 hours mapping.

This was quoted beforehand and he also welded in a Lambda probe bung and redid my TPS bracket. (all that was free!!).

It is possible to use the old injectors but (like Emerald) requires a resistor to be placed in the earth line (so I just got new injectors as I wanted reliability).

karl

Edited by Karlp

Karlp wrote: The £450 was about 6 - 8 hours mapping. This was quoted beforehand and he also welded in a Lambda probe bung and redid my TPS bracket. (all that was free!!). It is possible to use the old injectors but (like Emerald) requires a resistor to be placed in the earth line (so I just got new injectors as I wanted reliability). karl

Where did you have yours done?

215DMX wrote: books...

sounds good.  I'll give you a bell later.