Hello everyone!
My name’s Mark, I own a 1995 Ford Mustang GT and through Nightride’s YouTube videos, I’ve heard a lot of Ecumaster.
Now I’m wondering what ECU would be the best for my Mustang?
I’m a big car lover but not the most “enlightened” one on the mechanical side of cars but what I do know is that in order to upgrade my car I need a newer ECU since it’s original EEC-IV system can’t be tuned or programmed.
Early “Thank you”-s to anyone willing to help me out
(Also wlling to hear more brand names than Ecumaster since I’ve heard other names like Holley and MegaSquirt, etc on that matter)
I had one of these, was the 302 not a 4.6L mod engine though.
since this is an opinion thread, I’ll give my opinion. There is no one “right answer” here
Not sure if a Holley terminator will run this, probably but the triggering setup won’t be as straight forward as an LS.
Megasquirt (DIY Autotune) does (or used to) make a PNP ecu for these cars.
I had a Moates Quarterhorse on my car, it was a module that plugged into the J4 service port on the OEM ecu and allowed reprogramming of most things. MAF based ecu, lot harder to learn on then an aftermarket standalone, and obviously no logging or motorsport features.
A Link G4X Storm or Xtreme would also run this, but at a higher cost then the Ecumaster offerings.
EMU Black I would consider the minimum here, a Classic cannot run 8 cylinders sequentially (also called direct) since it only has 6 outputs, vs the Black’s 8. Both can run the stock TFI/distributor ignition system. Trigger pattern is simple, the rest of the sensors on that engine are not special.
EMU Pro 8 would allow you to run 8 cylinders sequentially for fuel and spark, though you’d be looking at upgrading the ignition system to something else in order to gain that.
Pro also has a ton of other features that are a huge step up from Black, but they come at a price difference.
The common (and best) advice is to talk to your tuner. If they are comfortable with ecumaster, then you’re going to get good results. The ECU is just a tool, tools can be good in the right hands, and bad in the wrong.