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Originally Posted by Rivet
My pleasure, montauk.
I think if you decide on purchasing a Maxxecu EMS the Race model is a good choice if the budget allows as you will gain not only two knock sensor inputs but you will also gain H bridge control for drive by wire and additional inputs and outputs for future expansion.
Knock sensing is a valuable feature for sure but it does take considerable time to tune as an FYI. Our motors have quite a bit of mechanical noise to begin with and will take some trial and error to set the knock detection filtering to properly work along with adapting knock sensors in a correct spot (i.e not on the cam case nor on the heads). I do this on the dyno in conjunction with stand alone knock detection tools to dial it in and can be time intensive.
The newest Haltech products and their new NSP software/firmware has been a bit buggy lately as they polish the feature set and have a few idiosyncrasies when updating that need to be adhered to but it is a good option. The hardware is quite nice I have to say. I am a dealer for them as well.
The two other brands not mentioned that do an excellent job both in hardware and software is Emtron, and Motec obviously. While I am not a dealer for either of them I do have experience with tuning both of these in a race setting and think they are great options while not my personal preferred choice.
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Don't want to steal any info that is proprietary to your business, as you obviously have spent time figuring out the knock sensor location, but if you feel so inclined to inform us of where *is* a good location for a knock sensor, it would be appreciated. I assume it has to be the case, if not the heads or cam box.
My application is a 3.3 Turbo, 3.4L displacement, dual plug heads, etc. I just want to be as safe as I can with it, and knock sensing is something I have always liked, but this is my first standalone install on an air-cooled engine, so I'm trying to research more ahead of time.
Thanks.