AIM MXS 1.2 STRADA

[Mark030358 427]

Anyone bought and fitted one of these direct from the manufacturer. 

https://www.aimshop.com/collections/car-racing-loggers-displays

If so, does it pass all the regs required to be a road legal device with all the warning lamps, mileage etc. I will drop AIM a line to see, but hopefully someone here can help. There must also be some work involved as KT are selling at circa 4000euros, while from AIM they come in at aroune 1000, a big difference.

thanks

Mark

[Seriouslylotus 374]

14 hours ago, Mark030358 said:

Anyone bought and fitted one of these direct from the manufacturer. 

https://www.aimshop.com/collections/car-racing-loggers-displays

If so, does it pass all the regs required to be a road legal device with all the warning lamps, mileage etc. I will drop AIM a line to see, but hopefully someone here can help. There must also be some work involved as KT are selling at circa 4000euros, while from AIM they come in at aroune 1000, a big difference.

thanks

Mark

Simple answer is NO it doesn't

As the dash takes a few seconds to 'wake up' the ABS check light at ignition on is missed

When i used an AIM dash in my S2 we wired in an LED for this purpose. One other solution is to have a timed relay connected into the door light switch, so when the door is opened it triggers the dash to be awake, unril the ignition is on

Some of the price difference by KT will be the programming/set up time and also the adaptor loom to make it fit

 

Edited July 3 by Seriouslylotus

[Mark030358 427]

@Seriouslylotus

Thanks Dave,

Apart from the ABS is there anything else that would be an issue?

I found a thread earlier this morning on here and I’ll give that a good read this evening.

cheers

Mark

ps sump arrived and I’ll get it fitted when I’m back from work

[Mark030358 427]

Has anyone got a comprehensive list of the CanBus signals i.e.

ID CHANNEL	NAME FUNCTION
ECU_1 ECU_RPM	RPM
ECU_2 ECU_PPS	PEDAL POSITION
ECU_3 ECU_ENG_TORQUE	ENGINE TORQUE
ECU_4 ECU_BRK_SWITCH	BRAKE SWITCH
ECU_5 ECU_CLUTCH	CLUTCH SWITCH

etc etc

 

thanks

 

[alias23 1,157]

Mark you may be best giving Greg at RRR a call as I think he deals in AIM dash and he’s very good... 

[Mattmahope 69]

RRR have been super helpful in my dealings with them so far. They sell AIM products and also ECUMaster. They recommended the ECUMaster ADU dash to me over the AIM so that is what I am getting fitted.

[Mark030358 427]

9 hours ago, Mattmahope said:

RRR have been super helpful in my dealings with them so far. They sell AIM products and also ECUMaster. They recommended the ECUMaster ADU dash to me over the AIM so that is what I am getting fitted.

^{@Mattmahopeany specs on this dash?}

 

^thanks

[alias23 1,157]

Unsure if this answers your question bud
https://rrrshop.co.uk/ecumaster-adu-1254-p.asp

It does seem a very good bit of kit but the fascia isn't as classy as the AIM... but given it seems a more ootb solution when going down the ECU Master route its not a bad shout!

[Mark030358 427]

5 hours ago, alias23 said:

Unsure if this answers your question bud
https://rrrshop.co.uk/ecumaster-adu-1254-p.asp

It does seem a very good bit of kit but the fascia isn't as classy as the AIM... but given it seems a more ootb solution when going down the ECU Master route its not a bad shout!

Hi mate,

Will be going AIM I think, but thanks.  

[Jack 423]

I've found the AiM MXS to be a great replacement for the stock instrument cluster in the V6.   I like having the additional info/data  displayed in real time on the dash; and, perhaps more importantly,  you can actually see the info,  alarms, etc. with ease while on track.     

As result, I just updated my 2-Eleven's old MXL dash (been in the car for almost 10 years) to the latest version MXS1.2  -- love that you can create many different pages displaying different info and scroll through your library of pages to select the desired one with a push of a button.

Old vs New.....

 

 

 

[Mark030358 427]

So pinged Aim re wiring. Aside from the Can Bus I think I will need 14 hard wired signals to replicate the existing dash alarms, plus say 5 analogues. The attached PDF file shows what I think I need to replicate what I have, while the image represents the AIM connections. Any information appreciated.

 

thanks

Cluster wiring comments.pdf

[Jack 423]

Sorry, I can't help you as my car is track-only, so I didn't need to worry about airbag, parking brake, etc., icons/idiot lights.   

AiM was able to create a CupR ECU driver/protocol with some cooperation from Lotus a few years ago which provides 111 ecu channels -- now included in their library of ECU drivers. 

I added sensors for additional analogue channels, e.g., fuel pressure, gearbox temp, boost pressure, post blower IAT and duplicate oil pressure and oil temp. Also, added a CAN expansion  (AiM LCU-ONE) for lambda/AF ratios.   Programming warning alarms/colors/pop-up messages, shift lights, math channel for accurate gear indication, various display pages, and syncing channels to SmartyCam functions was pretty easy.   

A clean install w/in stock binnacle is what requires some talent, which is above my pay grade.  . 

Pictures below showing progress during install and final result :

 

 

[geartox 457]

On 07/07/2019 at 23:01, Mattmahope said:

RRR have been super helpful in my dealings with them so far. They sell AIM products and also ECUMaster. They recommended the ECUMaster ADU dash to me over the AIM so that is what I am getting fitted.

Interesting. Please share your feedback  Did they have experience with this device installed on V6 ? why they recommend ECUMaster instead of AIM ?