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Another BMW 135i custom tuned on our rolling road. This had already been ‘tuned’ before by a competitor. The customer brought it to us to run on the rolling road, to se

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Pete's Audi S2, Proper build, G30-770 Garrett lot Pete's Audi S2,Proper build, G30-770 Garrett lots of engine goodies.Glorious noises as you can imagine!Naturally Maxxecu, lots of really Naughty Launch control noises, and a whole lot of 5 cylinder big turbo noises making my day!We ran out of fuel pressure sadly! Pete will be back with more upgraded parts, so we can let her have the full extra two and a half atmospheres.Good to see you mate!@maxxecu @garrettmotion #tuningshed #quattro #audis2 #aby #maxxecu
Many moons ago, and I mean MANY! It was the early Many moons ago, and I mean MANY! It was the early 90's. Lots of interesting stuff going on the general Automotive world still. Most of all, (for me anyway) the Jaguar XJ220. A car that still looks absolutely f****g amazing now, was built and sold. There were posters on my wall of this thing, and we used to play 'Jaguar XJ220' on the Commodore Amiga. Life was epic.Fast forward a day or two, and I started racing a Jaguar. Before she got banned, we raced on a grid of classic Jaguars. Many of these had classic liveries. 'Castrol', 'Becks' and the likes! I have as you may know if you follow the page, an X100. So, for me, there was only one option. My favourite car of all time once raced in a Martini Livery. Hold my Beer!And so Senderella ended up with very rarely known XJ220 Martini Livery, as a Homage. (I can't stand the drink!) 🤣Fast forward a few more evenings... @swallowsracing and @jec_coffeeandcars @triplecoroast put on a coffee morning, in which the absolute legends at @jaguardaimlerheritage.trust drove an XJ220 to take part. Yes, they drove it from Gaydon to Somerset. It's a testament really to the things! Id have loved that job!Regardless, I didn't move very far from this car (and the coffee machine, naturally) all morning. I was lucky enough to move my car next to this legend and get a photo or two. Made my absolute year to be fair! I'm a happy boy!Thanks to all the guys that made this happen, the coffee and cars meets they've started doing are absolutely great, and I'm not a car show guy, like, at all! 🤣☕☕☕#xj220 #jaguar #senderella #swallowsracing #tuningshed
Cosworth YB Harness for Mk2 Escort, with MaxxECU R Cosworth YB Harness for Mk2 Escort, with MaxxECU RaceI seem to be getting more and more orders for these packages. I try to allow them to be as customised as is possible. Stevie, sent me down a 'pattern' of where he'd like his ECU located on his Mk2 escort, along with various other sensors and the like for his YB Converted Mk2. He's opted for fly by wire, modern injectors, K20 Coil on plug conversion along with various sensors for protection. Knock control / Oil temp / pressure and so on.I've left an Aux plug in the engine bay for future upgrades, along with plenty of I/O inside the car too!Stevie asked if I could sort a fuse box for him too, in order to make the installation as easy as it can be. I've modified the MaxxECU off the shelf fuse / relay box, so that all the new systems are powered by new fresh harnessing. Fuel pump & fans are powered by this fuse box. Plenty of labelled cable to get around the vehicle!I've also added in a few extra wired for his guages & cluster. Hopefully it'll make his life installing the system nice and easy!Another YB Mk2 safely under the instruction of a MaxxECU!Thanks for the custom Stevie, I look forward to getting logged onto this and getting you up and running. :-)@Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB #tuningshed #yb #cosworth #harness #mk2escort #retroford #wiring #maxxecu #maxxecurace #pve #tuner #retro #classiccars
Dave's 1.8T MR2, no beetle, no MR2, no beetle! Wh Dave's 1.8T MR2, no beetle, no MR2, no beetle!What a concoction. This is a MK3 MR2, with a 1960's beetle popped on the top, with a 1.8T BAM conversion. Phew. Oh, Maxxecu Powered obviously.I love it when people build something, that they want. Exactly what they want. Not because the internet says they should, not because they want to gain subs on YouTube. Purely, because that's what they want. Enter stage left, Dave Mahoney. Dave wanted to build a Beetle he could 'Daily', so reliability, a modern engine, power steering, brakes etc. Dave says, he was 'In the bath' when he discovered the wheelbase for an MR2 was nearly the same as a beetle!And so it began,He bought an MR2, bought a beetle, and amalgamated the two! Its a pretty convincing beetle too honestly! It's even got two fake 1" exhausts hanging out the back!The perfect crime?Nope, The 1.8T conversion is becoming commonplace in the MK3 MR2, driven by Stav's channel. He's made a bolt in conversion mount kit for the 1.8T. Dave pops off and buys an Audi TT, pulls the engine and box, sells the remainder. Whipped the motor into the Beetle., and here we have it. He's recently installed a Maxxecu. The Maxxecu Race runs the 1.8T beautifully, and allows being able to run the OEM beetle guages straight from the ECU.It's very important how it looks to Dave., so there are lots of little bits and pieces to try and hide the fact it's actually an MR2. I absolutely love it. It sounds utterly ridiculous flying up the road too! 🤣🤣#maxxecu #beetle #mr2 #mr2beetle #18tconversion #retro #classiccars #vw #vw@maxxecu
Suns out, jags out. @jekexhausts @swallowsracing Suns out, jags out.@jekexhausts @swallowsracing@maxxecu #8hp #tuningshed #jaguar #x100 #maxxecu
MK4 Supra Maxxecu Plugin with 8HP support. This p MK4 Supra Maxxecu Plugin with 8HP support.This plugin Maxxecu adaptor off out the door this morning, has been modified to include wiring for an 8HP70 gearbox, and the BMW shifter.Some minor additions to be added in, a wideband lambda sensor, and an IAT sensor, and we're away!Again, a nice coat effective way of upgrading the old ECU, and running a modern transmission relatively easily. #8HP #tuningshed #pve #supra #plugin #maxxecu #2jz #maxxecurace
Take one Ariel 'Hartley' V8 Engine, and just pop i Take one Ariel 'Hartley' V8 Engine, and just pop it into something that weights even less....Russ from Xtreme Race Cars - naturally did just that.The unmistakable sound of a flat plane V8, revving to 10,500rpm. These engines were built by Hartley in the USA for Ariel. This Class 7 Autograss car should be pretty epic. The Class 7 will look like a Mini Pickup for all that are unfamiliar!Calibrated on the unbeatable MaxxECU Race ECU. Motec C127 Instrument cluster and a host of other goodies.Good luck to Russ for the Season.@maxxecu @dynodynamicsau #xtremeracecars #tuningshed #pve #somesettuned #v8 #flatplane #ariel #arielv8 #dynodynamics #maxxecu #maxxecurace #autograss #class7
Jacks AJV8 XK8. Jack Robinsons AJV8 powered XK ha Jacks AJV8 XK8.Jack Robinsons AJV8 powered XK has been under development for a few years now. Ultimately running a stock 4.2 Bottom end, with cams and headwork. We've wanted to get a 'proper' engine in this car for a good while. I mean, in reality he's currently running the 'Number 1' on his car, since winning his championship last year, but still, the plan was always to develop this NA engine into something worthwhile. I love these sorts of projects. Ultimately, very few people, if any who have done such a thing. Certainly few with cast iron information, or indeed results. Jack was successful enough in his XK to have been moved up a class, so this opened up being able to actually modify the engine to a similar fashion to others in his class (Albeit different engines). So here we have it, a 'revvy' AJV8. Lightened, balanced, fully customised engine. Built and developed between Swallows - PVE - Mark (Auto Engineering).We've spent an awful lot of time mechanically moving cam angles after running in this engine today. As you can imagine, modifying 4 x cam positions is a bit of a pain on a hot engine. (Luckily I had Tom Robinson for that)! Some very interesting results on moving the camshafts about were had on the custom camshafts. Ultimately being able to make some fairly significant gains in areas he thought the car was lacking in.As with all development, I'm keen to see how it progresses, we're revving this far more than it should be. Piston speed is a massive concern honestly, Mark has been very keen to keep mentioning! These mechanical limits are there to be pushed though, until somebody finds out right?!I wish Tom and Jack good luck racing in the Modern Classics with the Classic Sports Car Club at Spa next weekend. They will be facing serious cars there, plenty of BMW's and M3's. I'm very Jealous! Maybe next year.Good luck to Jack Robinson Tom Robinson and the whole Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing crew with this old girl! May your pistons stay in your liners!#maxxecu #jaguar #ajv8 #xk8 #tuningshed
Another K20 swap wiring harness nearing completion Another K20 swap wiring harness nearing completion.A classic hot hatch. Wonder if you can guess what?I've got an anal level of integration going on with this one. Anyone can get a K20 to run in anything. Nothing to it. Getting everything working as it should like factory takes some thinking about. Mechanical speedo, rev counter without enough revs!Going the extra mile.#maxxecu #kswap #harness #loom #maxxecurace #tuningshed #integration #hothatch
Maxxecu Race LS harness, one of two harnesses leav Maxxecu Race LS harness, one of two harnesses leaving today. We've supplied and modified this Maxxecu LS harness to incorporate the 8HP gearbox connector, and BMW shifter, along with adding in a connector for the clients pieburg CWA200 water pump. The client has opted for the Maxxecu Fuse Box also, so we've modified the fuse box and connector to incorporate the water pump & gearbox.This really should be a dead easy way of getting an LS with an 8HP up and running with very little hassle. This harness and ECU left today, ready to be slotted into, I believe a DAX kit car! @maxxecu #maxxecu #ls #lsswap #harness #tuningshed #loom #somersettuned
Porsche 944 Turbo, Maxxecu Race conversion, With Porsche 944 Turbo, Maxxecu Race conversion, With the added bonus, of a feature length Youtube video! https://youtu.be/hWp3O0-aaJg?si=XiJViM5qIizVzScNI've been really poor with updating my socials, I've taken lots of video, and photographs, and so absolutely nothing with it all! I'll work through it all one day.....Regardless, Steve's lovely 944 turbo track tool.We upgraded it to a Maxxecu RaceFly-By-WireModern injectorsModern knock controlAll guages working as they should Massive gains made.@maxxecu @dynodynamicsau #maxxecu #944 #944turbo #tuningshed #tuner
AJ16 - Maxxecu Race Gen2 with 8HP?! Right you lot AJ16 - Maxxecu Race Gen2 with 8HP?!Right you lot, come on a connector fondling journey with me! 👀🫣🤣One of the more in depth AJ16 harnesses we've built, the first one I've done using the Gen2 Race. Pretty much all of the V8 systems that go out the door are built on the Gen2, but generally we stick to the Race Gen1 for the AJ16.This harness is provided ready to go into an XJS. It uses the OEM crank and Cam sensors including the pickups. I'm told there are still systems being sold where you have to hack this stuff about. This runs the OEM systems, and fully sequentially.It has dual knock sensors for on board knock control.Dual LSU5.2 wideband lambda controlFly-By-Wire ready to goFuel temperature and pressure monitoring.Oil pressure and temperature monitoring.4L80E direct control ready8HP control ready.All the epic benefits of the Gen2 Race, including crazy internal logging storage, WiFi/Bluetooth loads of extra IO.This loom and ECU will be able to develop with the car as things are upgraded and installed.We started fitting the Maxxecu to Jaguars about 7-8 years ago. We install now nothing but the Maxxecu. Plenty of others are seeing the light and moving over now though. 👌 I like to lead, so others can follow! 😁🤔🫢Working with the best:@swallowsracing Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing @maxxecu #maxxecu #tuningshed #swallowsracing #swallows #aj16 #8hp #jaguar #xjs #gen2 #harness #loom
David's 4.2 8HP AJV8 Trialer. David's using our A David's 4.2 8HP AJV8 Trialer.David's using our AJV8 package on his vehicle, the Maxxecu Race H20, along with a PDM20 to supply the power.Quite often when cars turn up for the Dyno, there are things that go wrong. Things are missed. Jubilee clips fluid leaks and so on. Naturally often it's the first time these sorts of vehicles have been run up properly. So I do my best to work with it, and get the car thought he Dyno session.This thing. Polar opposite. Everything was spot on ready to go. Absolute testament to David and his Dad. I mean, he does own a Jaguar Landrover specialist up near Milton Keynes, but still, I've seen all sorts over the years!Mighty impressed was I! We worked through tuning the engine, and calibrating the 8HP through the Maxxecu to work how he wanted it for his chosen Motorsport. I think you'll agree, it looks and sounds awesome!Thanks for making the trip guys, genuine pleasure to be able to work with you on this beasty!Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB #ajv8 #jaguar #landrover #8hp #maxxecu #jlr #v8 #tuningshed
It's been a brutal few weeks, and some ridiculous It's been a brutal few weeks, and some ridiculous hours, and I apologise for my lack of updates. We've had harnesses & ECU packages ongoing in the background, plenty of packages off out the door, along with the workshop stuff.This is Colin of Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing XJ40 race car.We've given this the full works, a whole body harness built up to his racing regulations. An AIM PDM32 powering the whole deal. One of our off the shelf AJ16 Maxxecu Packages looking after the freshly built AJ16 engine. Colin has moved up a class this year, so is able to add in some limited modifications. We've taken advantage of those allowable, and wish him the best success.The PDM32 from AIM is coupled with a 6" display, being able to view any of the data from the Maxxecu over CAN. Logging all values along with GPS data. All stored internally for review at a later date. Live lap times are displayed on the screen. 🕺Good luck at the weekend boys & girls.Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing Aim Technologies @maxxecu#jaguar #xj #jaguarxj #xj40 #aj16
The modern swaps world: FWD -> Kswap RWD -> LS s The modern swaps world: FWD -> KswapRWD -> LS swap. Fair enough, but where the flair? Where's the 'i wonder if.....'.Hold my beer...Robert's space framed rwd supercharged CBR1000RR flavoured fiesta.Fibreglass bodywork also helps keep this track weapon below 800kg.I fucking love it. Wild. Full harness built, Maxxecu Sport running the whole show, flat shift, oil temp / pressure, fuel temp / pressure. Popped on the Dyno, and away we went!These boys take track days seriously! They've put a massive amount of work into getting this little weapon up to a high standard. Robert & his Dad Mark have been giving this thing an overhaul of late, adding in lots of goodies, upgrading things here and there to a high standard.I'll upload a YouTube video about this weapon at some point! Sorry I've been slacking on my socials, busy as is always the way at this time of year, with a side order of being rough!I rarely want to take clients cars out on the track, but this thing I imagine is an absolute hoot!Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB @dynodynamicsau #fiesta #trackcar #cbr1000rr #bikeengine #nokswaps #dyno #dynodynamics #tuningshed #pve #somersettuned
Another high spec AJ16 ECU & Harness off out the d Another high spec AJ16 ECU & Harness off out the door.Apologies if you're waiting for a response from an email or whatever, I'm burning that midnight oil at the moment, a lovely little car in the workshop I'm building a harness for and then building 'postal harnesses' in the evenings, until often pretty late! So bare with me!This is an AJ16 harness for a car coming soon, it's a turbocharged X300. The vehicle has been converted to fly-by-wire, the harness is pre-wired for this. It's also pre-wired for a boost control solenoid, dual knock control, oil temperature, oil pressure monitoring and safety strategies.I've added EGT into this harness, along with added cables in for the OEM guages and alternator functions. This saves having to run any extra cables onto the engine, it keeps it all tidy.Naturally added VAG coils on plug, as we've been doing for many years on the Jaguars. :-)@swallowsracing @maxxecu #maxxecu #aj16 #tuningshed #swallowsracing #harness #loom #wiring #latenights
Brutal little R53 Race car from last week. Sprint Brutal little R53 Race car from last week.Sprintex blown W11. Lots of interesting goodies, including GRS cooler, and Blow through throttle body setup, hence the noise!In for a full electronics suite. AIM PDM32, 10" Screen, Maxxecu Race, and entire harness built up.Maxxecu controlling the CWA200 water pump, pit lane limiter, lots of race related goodies, and making absolutely all the right noises.This car is built by Adam from North Precision Engineering. There are so many billet alloys parts on this, it's nuts. The entire subframe is billet aluminium!Lots more to go on it too, some Carbon goodies from the 611 Motorsport team soon too!I'll pop a YouTube video up about the car and what we've done to it at some point in the future if I get time! I recorded some footage, like I tend to do, then do nothing with it as I can't be arsed to edit it! 🫣🤣🤣Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB @grsmotorsport @aimtechnologies@classicsportscarclub_ #aim #maxxecu #tuningshed #noathprecision #r53 #mini #mınıcooper
More Maxxecu 8HP goodness. Jordan gave me a call More Maxxecu 8HP goodness.Jordan gave me a call a little while ago after being led up the garden path somewhat with another ECU manufacturer, about 8HP control and the Maxxecu. Jordan ended up purchasing a Maxxecu Race, along with flashing his 8HP70 at the same time. He also purchased a CAN keypad. He's had this fitted up to his N62 BMW engine powered 'Kirkland Proto' off road machine along with lots of other little extras.We logged in remotely and fired her up, and got her moving under her own steam!The Maxxecu is now calibrated, and in control of the engine fully, naturally running all the OEM pickups and sensors on the VANOS. His cooling packages are controlled by the ECU, along with various other coop little bits and pieces.The keypad is programmed to the different drive modes, P,D,N,R all lit up requested with 'Yellow', as the background colour! 👌🤣 Sport mode and manual shift available from the push/pull shifter.Shift torque reduction as required and auto throttle blip calibrated in higher rpm and gears keeping the shifting slick! I look forward to hearing how he gets on at his first event!Maxxecu / Maxxtuning#yellowperilracing #maxxecu #tuningshed #8hp #8hpcontrol #offroad #rangerover #LandRover #rally #rallycar #V8Power
MK1 fiesta AWD Ecoboost toy; Uncle spikes been bu MK1 fiesta AWD Ecoboost toy;Uncle spikes been busy with his MK1 Fiesta, the radiator is in the back of this old girl, and we wanted to use Aeroquip hose all over it. So some AN20 lines now run under the vehicle, between the engine and the radiator / CWA200 at the rear. Naturally, Ford didn't install AN lines, so Uncle Spike designed some billet bits and pieces to ensure everything is staying cool, and more importantly, Dry! 🤣🙏 @noathprecision over in Exeter turned the jobs around in the usual high speed, high quality affair! Thanks lads!Loads of other bits and pieces been done, some painting here and there, the billet inlet has been attached properly, and the extra PI injectors fitted. Next up, turbo & manifold. I've convinced him we need the G series turbo. We've just got to decide on exactly 'which' G series turbo!I'll update here when more progress has been made, as he's just darned useless with socials. It's an age thing I think, he's a few years older than me, and it makes all the difference. 😁🫣#tuningshed #mk1fiesta #noathprecision #ecoboost #ecoboom #xr2 #mk1xr2 #fiestaquattro #maxxecu #pve #unclespike #awdfiesta #haldex
Top photography skills! Putting the Nomad 2 throu Top photography skills!Putting the Nomad 2 through its paces last week with the legends from Ariel. If I didn't have this place, I think the boys over at Ariel would be bored of me applying for a job!Full of ingenious ideas, always have a genuinely good time when the crew are over!They even brought the whole family Ariel Hoodies and T-Shirts!Legends!#ariel #nomad #nomad2 #tuningshed #pve #somersettuned
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Pete's Audi S2, Proper build, G30-770 Garrett lot Pete's Audi S2, Proper build, G30-770 Garrett lots of engine goodies. Glorious noises as you can imagine! Naturally Maxxecu, lots of really Naughty Launch control noises, and a whole lot of 5 cylinder big turbo noises making my day! We ran out of fuel pressure sadly! Pete will be back with more upgraded parts, so we can let her have the full extra two and a half atmospheres. Good to see you mate! @maxxecu @garrettmotion #tuningshed #quattro #audis2 #aby #maxxecu
Many moons ago, and I mean MANY! It was the early Many moons ago, and I mean MANY! It was the early 90's. Lots of interesting stuff going on the general Automotive world still. Most of all, (for me anyway) the Jaguar XJ220. A car that still looks absolutely f****g amazing now, was built and sold. There were posters on my wall of this thing, and we used to play 'Jaguar XJ220' on the Commodore Amiga. Life was epic. Fast forward a day or two, and I started racing a Jaguar. Before she got banned, we raced on a grid of classic Jaguars. Many of these had classic liveries. 'Castrol', 'Becks' and the likes! I have as you may know if you follow the page, an X100. So, for me, there was only one option. My favourite car of all time once raced in a Martini Livery. Hold my Beer! And so Senderella ended up with very rarely known XJ220 Martini Livery, as a Homage. (I can't stand the drink!) 🤣 Fast forward a few more evenings... @swallowsracing and @jec_coffeeandcars @triplecoroast put on a coffee morning, in which the absolute legends at @jaguardaimlerheritage.trust drove an XJ220 to take part. Yes, they drove it from Gaydon to Somerset. It's a testament really to the things! Id have loved that job! Regardless, I didn't move very far from this car (and the coffee machine, naturally) all morning. I was lucky enough to move my car next to this legend and get a photo or two. Made my absolute year to be fair! I'm a happy boy! Thanks to all the guys that made this happen, the coffee and cars meets they've started doing are absolutely great, and I'm not a car show guy, like, at all! 🤣☕☕☕ #xj220 #jaguar #senderella #swallowsracing #tuningshed
Cosworth YB Harness for Mk2 Escort, with MaxxECU R Cosworth YB Harness for Mk2 Escort, with MaxxECU Race I seem to be getting more and more orders for these packages. I try to allow them to be as customised as is possible. Stevie, sent me down a 'pattern' of where he'd like his ECU located on his Mk2 escort, along with various other sensors and the like for his YB Converted Mk2. He's opted for fly by wire, modern injectors, K20 Coil on plug conversion along with various sensors for protection. Knock control / Oil temp / pressure and so on. I've left an Aux plug in the engine bay for future upgrades, along with plenty of I/O inside the car too! Stevie asked if I could sort a fuse box for him too, in order to make the installation as easy as it can be. I've modified the MaxxECU off the shelf fuse / relay box, so that all the new systems are powered by new fresh harnessing. Fuel pump & fans are powered by this fuse box. Plenty of labelled cable to get around the vehicle! I've also added in a few extra wired for his guages & cluster. Hopefully it'll make his life installing the system nice and easy! Another YB Mk2 safely under the instruction of a MaxxECU! Thanks for the custom Stevie, I look forward to getting logged onto this and getting you up and running. :-) @Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB #tuningshed #yb #cosworth #harness #mk2escort #retroford #wiring #maxxecu #maxxecurace #pve #tuner #retro #classiccars
Dave's 1.8T MR2, no beetle, no MR2, no beetle! Wh Dave's 1.8T MR2, no beetle, no MR2, no beetle! What a concoction. This is a MK3 MR2, with a 1960's beetle popped on the top, with a 1.8T BAM conversion. Phew. Oh, Maxxecu Powered obviously. I love it when people build something, that they want. Exactly what they want. Not because the internet says they should, not because they want to gain subs on YouTube. Purely, because that's what they want. Enter stage left, Dave Mahoney. Dave wanted to build a Beetle he could 'Daily', so reliability, a modern engine, power steering, brakes etc. Dave says, he was 'In the bath' when he discovered the wheelbase for an MR2 was nearly the same as a beetle! And so it began, He bought an MR2, bought a beetle, and amalgamated the two! Its a pretty convincing beetle too honestly! It's even got two fake 1" exhausts hanging out the back! The perfect crime? Nope, The 1.8T conversion is becoming commonplace in the MK3 MR2, driven by Stav's channel. He's made a bolt in conversion mount kit for the 1.8T. Dave pops off and buys an Audi TT, pulls the engine and box, sells the remainder. Whipped the motor into the Beetle., and here we have it. He's recently installed a Maxxecu. The Maxxecu Race runs the 1.8T beautifully, and allows being able to run the OEM beetle guages straight from the ECU. It's very important how it looks to Dave., so there are lots of little bits and pieces to try and hide the fact it's actually an MR2. I absolutely love it. It sounds utterly ridiculous flying up the road too! 🤣🤣 #maxxecu #beetle #mr2 #mr2beetle #18tconversion #retro #classiccars #vw #vw @maxxecu
Suns out, jags out. @jekexhausts @swallowsracing Suns out, jags out. @jekexhausts @swallowsracing @maxxecu #8hp #tuningshed #jaguar #x100 #maxxecu
MK4 Supra Maxxecu Plugin with 8HP support. This p MK4 Supra Maxxecu Plugin with 8HP support. This plugin Maxxecu adaptor off out the door this morning, has been modified to include wiring for an 8HP70 gearbox, and the BMW shifter. Some minor additions to be added in, a wideband lambda sensor, and an IAT sensor, and we're away! Again, a nice coat effective way of upgrading the old ECU, and running a modern transmission relatively easily. #8HP #tuningshed #pve #supra #plugin #maxxecu #2jz #maxxecurace
Take one Ariel 'Hartley' V8 Engine, and just pop i Take one Ariel 'Hartley' V8 Engine, and just pop it into something that weights even less.... Russ from Xtreme Race Cars - naturally did just that. The unmistakable sound of a flat plane V8, revving to 10,500rpm. These engines were built by Hartley in the USA for Ariel. This Class 7 Autograss car should be pretty epic. The Class 7 will look like a Mini Pickup for all that are unfamiliar! Calibrated on the unbeatable MaxxECU Race ECU. Motec C127 Instrument cluster and a host of other goodies. Good luck to Russ for the Season. @maxxecu @dynodynamicsau #xtremeracecars #tuningshed #pve #somesettuned #v8 #flatplane #ariel #arielv8 #dynodynamics #maxxecu #maxxecurace #autograss #class7
Jacks AJV8 XK8. Jack Robinsons AJV8 powered XK ha Jacks AJV8 XK8. Jack Robinsons AJV8 powered XK has been under development for a few years now. Ultimately running a stock 4.2 Bottom end, with cams and headwork. We've wanted to get a 'proper' engine in this car for a good while. I mean, in reality he's currently running the 'Number 1' on his car, since winning his championship last year, but still, the plan was always to develop this NA engine into something worthwhile. I love these sorts of projects. Ultimately, very few people, if any who have done such a thing. Certainly few with cast iron information, or indeed results. Jack was successful enough in his XK to have been moved up a class, so this opened up being able to actually modify the engine to a similar fashion to others in his class (Albeit different engines). So here we have it, a 'revvy' AJV8. Lightened, balanced, fully customised engine. Built and developed between Swallows - PVE - Mark (Auto Engineering). We've spent an awful lot of time mechanically moving cam angles after running in this engine today. As you can imagine, modifying 4 x cam positions is a bit of a pain on a hot engine. (Luckily I had Tom Robinson for that)! Some very interesting results on moving the camshafts about were had on the custom camshafts. Ultimately being able to make some fairly significant gains in areas he thought the car was lacking in. As with all development, I'm keen to see how it progresses, we're revving this far more than it should be. Piston speed is a massive concern honestly, Mark has been very keen to keep mentioning! These mechanical limits are there to be pushed though, until somebody finds out right?! I wish Tom and Jack good luck racing in the Modern Classics with the Classic Sports Car Club at Spa next weekend. They will be facing serious cars there, plenty of BMW's and M3's. I'm very Jealous! Maybe next year. Good luck to Jack Robinson Tom Robinson and the whole Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing crew with this old girl! May your pistons stay in your liners! #maxxecu #jaguar #ajv8 #xk8 #tuningshed
Another K20 swap wiring harness nearing completion Another K20 swap wiring harness nearing completion. A classic hot hatch. Wonder if you can guess what? I've got an anal level of integration going on with this one. Anyone can get a K20 to run in anything. Nothing to it. Getting everything working as it should like factory takes some thinking about. Mechanical speedo, rev counter without enough revs! Going the extra mile. #maxxecu #kswap #harness #loom #maxxecurace #tuningshed #integration #hothatch
Maxxecu Race LS harness, one of two harnesses leav Maxxecu Race LS harness, one of two harnesses leaving today. We've supplied and modified this Maxxecu LS harness to incorporate the 8HP gearbox connector, and BMW shifter, along with adding in a connector for the clients pieburg CWA200 water pump. The client has opted for the Maxxecu Fuse Box also, so we've modified the fuse box and connector to incorporate the water pump & gearbox. This really should be a dead easy way of getting an LS with an 8HP up and running with very little hassle. This harness and ECU left today, ready to be slotted into, I believe a DAX kit car! @maxxecu #maxxecu #ls #lsswap #harness #tuningshed #loom #somersettuned
Porsche 944 Turbo, Maxxecu Race conversion, With Porsche 944 Turbo, Maxxecu Race conversion, With the added bonus, of a feature length Youtube video! https://youtu.be/hWp3O0-aaJg?si=XiJViM5qIizVzScN I've been really poor with updating my socials, I've taken lots of video, and photographs, and so absolutely nothing with it all! I'll work through it all one day..... Regardless, Steve's lovely 944 turbo track tool. We upgraded it to a Maxxecu Race Fly-By-Wire Modern injectors Modern knock control All guages working as they should Massive gains made. @maxxecu @dynodynamicsau #maxxecu #944 #944turbo #tuningshed #tuner
AJ16 - Maxxecu Race Gen2 with 8HP?! Right you lot AJ16 - Maxxecu Race Gen2 with 8HP?! Right you lot, come on a connector fondling journey with me! 👀🫣🤣 One of the more in depth AJ16 harnesses we've built, the first one I've done using the Gen2 Race. Pretty much all of the V8 systems that go out the door are built on the Gen2, but generally we stick to the Race Gen1 for the AJ16. This harness is provided ready to go into an XJS. It uses the OEM crank and Cam sensors including the pickups. I'm told there are still systems being sold where you have to hack this stuff about. This runs the OEM systems, and fully sequentially. It has dual knock sensors for on board knock control. Dual LSU5.2 wideband lambda control Fly-By-Wire ready to go Fuel temperature and pressure monitoring. Oil pressure and temperature monitoring. 4L80E direct control ready 8HP control ready. All the epic benefits of the Gen2 Race, including crazy internal logging storage, WiFi/Bluetooth loads of extra IO. This loom and ECU will be able to develop with the car as things are upgraded and installed. We started fitting the Maxxecu to Jaguars about 7-8 years ago. We install now nothing but the Maxxecu. Plenty of others are seeing the light and moving over now though. 👌 I like to lead, so others can follow! 😁🤔🫢 Working with the best: @swallowsracing Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing @maxxecu #maxxecu #tuningshed #swallowsracing #swallows #aj16 #8hp #jaguar #xjs #gen2 #harness #loom
David's 4.2 8HP AJV8 Trialer. David's using our A David's 4.2 8HP AJV8 Trialer. David's using our AJV8 package on his vehicle, the Maxxecu Race H20, along with a PDM20 to supply the power. Quite often when cars turn up for the Dyno, there are things that go wrong. Things are missed. Jubilee clips fluid leaks and so on. Naturally often it's the first time these sorts of vehicles have been run up properly. So I do my best to work with it, and get the car thought he Dyno session. This thing. Polar opposite. Everything was spot on ready to go. Absolute testament to David and his Dad. I mean, he does own a Jaguar Landrover specialist up near Milton Keynes, but still, I've seen all sorts over the years! Mighty impressed was I! We worked through tuning the engine, and calibrating the 8HP through the Maxxecu to work how he wanted it for his chosen Motorsport. I think you'll agree, it looks and sounds awesome! Thanks for making the trip guys, genuine pleasure to be able to work with you on this beasty! Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB #ajv8 #jaguar #landrover #8hp #maxxecu #jlr #v8 #tuningshed
It's been a brutal few weeks, and some ridiculous It's been a brutal few weeks, and some ridiculous hours, and I apologise for my lack of updates. We've had harnesses & ECU packages ongoing in the background, plenty of packages off out the door, along with the workshop stuff. This is Colin of Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing XJ40 race car. We've given this the full works, a whole body harness built up to his racing regulations. An AIM PDM32 powering the whole deal. One of our off the shelf AJ16 Maxxecu Packages looking after the freshly built AJ16 engine. Colin has moved up a class this year, so is able to add in some limited modifications. We've taken advantage of those allowable, and wish him the best success. The PDM32 from AIM is coupled with a 6" display, being able to view any of the data from the Maxxecu over CAN. Logging all values along with GPS data. All stored internally for review at a later date. Live lap times are displayed on the screen. 🕺 Good luck at the weekend boys & girls. Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing Aim Technologies @maxxecu #jaguar #xj #jaguarxj #xj40 #aj16
The modern swaps world: FWD -> Kswap RWD -> LS s The modern swaps world: FWD -> Kswap RWD -> LS swap. Fair enough, but where the flair? Where's the 'i wonder if.....'. Hold my beer... Robert's space framed rwd supercharged CBR1000RR flavoured fiesta. Fibreglass bodywork also helps keep this track weapon below 800kg. I fucking love it. Wild. Full harness built, Maxxecu Sport running the whole show, flat shift, oil temp / pressure, fuel temp / pressure. Popped on the Dyno, and away we went! These boys take track days seriously! They've put a massive amount of work into getting this little weapon up to a high standard. Robert & his Dad Mark have been giving this thing an overhaul of late, adding in lots of goodies, upgrading things here and there to a high standard. I'll upload a YouTube video about this weapon at some point! Sorry I've been slacking on my socials, busy as is always the way at this time of year, with a side order of being rough! I rarely want to take clients cars out on the track, but this thing I imagine is an absolute hoot! Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB @dynodynamicsau #fiesta #trackcar #cbr1000rr #bikeengine #nokswaps #dyno #dynodynamics #tuningshed #pve #somersettuned
Another high spec AJ16 ECU & Harness off out the d Another high spec AJ16 ECU & Harness off out the door. Apologies if you're waiting for a response from an email or whatever, I'm burning that midnight oil at the moment, a lovely little car in the workshop I'm building a harness for and then building 'postal harnesses' in the evenings, until often pretty late! So bare with me! This is an AJ16 harness for a car coming soon, it's a turbocharged X300. The vehicle has been converted to fly-by-wire, the harness is pre-wired for this. It's also pre-wired for a boost control solenoid, dual knock control, oil temperature, oil pressure monitoring and safety strategies. I've added EGT into this harness, along with added cables in for the OEM guages and alternator functions. This saves having to run any extra cables onto the engine, it keeps it all tidy. Naturally added VAG coils on plug, as we've been doing for many years on the Jaguars. :-) @swallowsracing @maxxecu #maxxecu #aj16 #tuningshed #swallowsracing #harness #loom #wiring #latenights
Brutal little R53 Race car from last week. Sprint Brutal little R53 Race car from last week. Sprintex blown W11. Lots of interesting goodies, including GRS cooler, and Blow through throttle body setup, hence the noise! In for a full electronics suite. AIM PDM32, 10" Screen, Maxxecu Race, and entire harness built up. Maxxecu controlling the CWA200 water pump, pit lane limiter, lots of race related goodies, and making absolutely all the right noises. This car is built by Adam from North Precision Engineering. There are so many billet alloys parts on this, it's nuts. The entire subframe is billet aluminium! Lots more to go on it too, some Carbon goodies from the 611 Motorsport team soon too! I'll pop a YouTube video up about the car and what we've done to it at some point in the future if I get time! I recorded some footage, like I tend to do, then do nothing with it as I can't be arsed to edit it! 🫣🤣🤣 Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB @grsmotorsport @aimtechnologies @classicsportscarclub_ #aim #maxxecu #tuningshed #noathprecision #r53 #mini #mınıcooper
More Maxxecu 8HP goodness. Jordan gave me a call More Maxxecu 8HP goodness. Jordan gave me a call a little while ago after being led up the garden path somewhat with another ECU manufacturer, about 8HP control and the Maxxecu. Jordan ended up purchasing a Maxxecu Race, along with flashing his 8HP70 at the same time. He also purchased a CAN keypad. He's had this fitted up to his N62 BMW engine powered 'Kirkland Proto' off road machine along with lots of other little extras. We logged in remotely and fired her up, and got her moving under her own steam! The Maxxecu is now calibrated, and in control of the engine fully, naturally running all the OEM pickups and sensors on the VANOS. His cooling packages are controlled by the ECU, along with various other coop little bits and pieces. The keypad is programmed to the different drive modes, P,D,N,R all lit up requested with 'Yellow', as the background colour! 👌🤣 Sport mode and manual shift available from the push/pull shifter. Shift torque reduction as required and auto throttle blip calibrated in higher rpm and gears keeping the shifting slick! I look forward to hearing how he gets on at his first event! Maxxecu / Maxxtuning #yellowperilracing #maxxecu #tuningshed #8hp #8hpcontrol #offroad #rangerover #LandRover #rally #rallycar #V8Power
MK1 fiesta AWD Ecoboost toy; Uncle spikes been bu MK1 fiesta AWD Ecoboost toy; Uncle spikes been busy with his MK1 Fiesta, the radiator is in the back of this old girl, and we wanted to use Aeroquip hose all over it. So some AN20 lines now run under the vehicle, between the engine and the radiator / CWA200 at the rear. Naturally, Ford didn't install AN lines, so Uncle Spike designed some billet bits and pieces to ensure everything is staying cool, and more importantly, Dry! 🤣🙏 @noathprecision over in Exeter turned the jobs around in the usual high speed, high quality affair! Thanks lads! Loads of other bits and pieces been done, some painting here and there, the billet inlet has been attached properly, and the extra PI injectors fitted. Next up, turbo & manifold. I've convinced him we need the G series turbo. We've just got to decide on exactly 'which' G series turbo! I'll update here when more progress has been made, as he's just darned useless with socials. It's an age thing I think, he's a few years older than me, and it makes all the difference. 😁🫣 #tuningshed #mk1fiesta #noathprecision #ecoboost #ecoboom #xr2 #mk1xr2 #fiestaquattro #maxxecu #pve #unclespike #awdfiesta #haldex
Top photography skills! Putting the Nomad 2 throu Top photography skills! Putting the Nomad 2 through its paces last week with the legends from Ariel. If I didn't have this place, I think the boys over at Ariel would be bored of me applying for a job! Full of ingenious ideas, always have a genuinely good time when the crew are over! They even brought the whole family Ariel Hoodies and T-Shirts! Legends! #ariel #nomad #nomad2 #tuningshed #pve #somersettuned
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Performance Vehicle Engineering - PVE - Mapping, Remapping & Dyno
Many moons ago, and I mean MANY! It was the early 90's. Lots of interesting stuff going on the general Automotive world still. Most of all, (for me anyway) the Jaguar XJ220. A car that still looks absolutely f****g amazing now, was built and sold. There were posters on my wall of this thing, and we used to play 'Jaguar XJ220' on the Commodore Amiga. Life was epic.Fast forward a day or two, and I started racing a Jaguar. Before she got banned, we raced on a grid of classic Jaguars. Many of these had classic liveries. 'Castrol', 'Becks' and the likes! I have as you may know if you follow the page, an X100. So, for me, there was only one option. My favourite car of all time once raced in a Martini Livery. Hold my Beer!And so Senderella ended up with very rarely known XJ220 Martini Livery, as a Homage. (I can't stand the drink!)Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racingngs... Swallows Jaguar - Swallows Racing and @jec_coffeeandcars @triplecoroast put on a coffee morning, in which the absolute legends at @jaguardaimlerheritage.trust drove an XJ220 to take part. Yes, they drove it from Gaydon to Somerset. It's a testament really to the things! Id have loved that job!Regardless, I didn't move very far from this car (and the coffee machine, naturally) all morning. I was lucky enough to move my car next to this legend and get a photo or two. Made my absolute year to be fair! I'm a happy boy!Thanks to all the guys that made this happen, the coffee and cars meets they've started doing are absolu#xj220r#jaguard#senderellao#swallowsracingy#tuningshedall! 🤣☕☕☕#xj220 #jaguar #senderella #swallowsracing #tuningshed ... See MoreSee Less

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Cosworth YB Harness for Mk2 Escort, with MaxxECU RaceI seem to be getting more and more orders for these packages. I try to allow them to be as customised as is possible. Stevie, sent me down a 'pattern' of where he'd like his ECU located on his Mk2 escort, along with various other sensors and the like for his YB Converted Mk2. He's opted for fly by wire, modern injectors, K20 Coil on plug conversion along with various sensors for protection. Knock control / Oil temp / pressure and so on.I've left an Aux plug in the engine bay for future upgrades, along with plenty of I/O inside the car too!Stevie asked if I could sort a fuse box for him too, in order to make the installation as easy as it can be. I've modified the MaxxECU off the shelf fuse / relay box, so that all the new systems are powered by new fresh harnessing. Fuel pump & fans are powered by this fuse box. Plenty of labelled cable to get around the vehicle!I've also added in a few extra wired for his guages & cluster. Hopefully it'll make his life installing the system nice and easy!Another YB Mk2 safely under the instruction of a MaxxECU!Thanks for the custom Stevie, I look forward to getting logged onto this and getting you up and running. :-)@Maxxecu / Maxxtuning AB #tuningshed #yb #cosworth #harness #mk2escort #retroford #wiring #maxxecu #maxxecurace #pve #tuner #retro #classiccars ... See MoreSee Less

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Dave's 1.8T MR2, no beetle, no MR2, no beetle!What a concoction. This is a MK3 MR2, with a 1960's beetle popped on the top, with a 1.8T BAM conversion. Phew. Oh, Maxxecu Powered obviously.I love it when people build something, that they want. Exactly what they want. Not because the internet says they should, not because they want to gain subs on YouTube. Purely, because that's what they want. Enter stage left, Dave Mahoney. Dave wanted to build a Beetle he could 'Daily', so reliability, a modern engine, power steering, brakes etc. Dave says, he was 'In the bath' when he discovered the wheelbase for an MR2 was nearly the same as a beetle!And so it began,He bought an MR2, bought a beetle, and amalgamated the two! Its a pretty convincing beetle too honestly! It's even got two fake 1" exhausts hanging out the back!The perfect crime?Nope, The 1.8T conversion is becoming commonplace in the MK3 MR2, driven by Stav's channel. He's made a bolt in conversion mount kit for the 1.8T. Dave pops off and buys an Audi TT, pulls the engine and box, sells the remainder. Whipped the motor into the Beetle., and here we have it. He's recently installed a Maxxecu. The Maxxecu Race runs the 1.8T beautifully, and allows being able to run the OEM beetle guages straight from the ECU.It's very important how it looks to Dave., so there are lots of little bits and pieces to try and hide the fact it's actually an MR2. I absolutely love it. It sounds utterly ridiculous flying up the road too! 🤣🤣#maxxecu #beetle #mr2 #mr2beetle #18tconversion #retro #classiccars #vw #vw@maxxecu ... See MoreSee Less

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MK4 Supra Maxxecu Plugin with 8HP support.This plugin Maxxecu adaptor off out the door this morning, has been modified to include wiring for an 8HP70 gearbox, and the BMW shifter.Some minor additions to be added in, a wideband lambda sensor, and an IAT sensor, and we're away!Again, a nice coat effective way of upgrading the old ECU, and running a modern transmission relatively easil#8hp#tuningshedg#pve #supras#pluginl#maxxecux#2jz #maxxecuraceurace ... See MoreSee Less

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