MBE Management Systems

[RAGHBIR SIAN]

>To: P.M.Shackleton at hud.ac.uk (Paul Shackleton)
>From: sian at mail.bogo.co.uk (RAGHBIR SIAN)
>Subject: RE: MBE Management Systems
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>Paul wrote,
>>Has anyone, especially in UK, got any info on the MBE management systems.=
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>>The first I heard of these systems was on a Formula Vauxhall Lotus (I=20
>>think). Who makes it, how much is it and what does it do?
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>MBE management systems are made in the U.K by a team of ex lucas engineers
>Formula Vauxhall Lotus is one of the many controlled series that use the
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>system some of who include Toyota Team Europe, Honda Touring Cars, TVR's,
Vauxhall Rally cars, VW motorsport etc.
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>The price example of one of their systems which would simoultaneously fire
4 injectors
>and fire two coils would cost approx =A3400 onto systems which would run
Escort Cosworth's would cost =A3750 (Sequential injection, distributorless
ignition, water injection, anti lag and whole lot other features added in by
myself) onwords to full blown touring car systems
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>A bit of background on myself
>I am one of the guys involved with a British Touring Car Team responsible=
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>most of the development work and liason with Cosworth Engineerings=
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>on the V6 Ford/Mazda engine which at the moment is producing 304 Hp at 8300
>from this 2 litre engine. My work involves mapping the engine on the dyno's=
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>carry out adjustments on the circuit's.
>From what i can gather we are one of the few people using Combustion
chamber probes
>to actively map the engine at all times during the race (rather the just
monitor).
>The group C Mercs used a similar system for monitoring purposes only.
>I am also having a lot of problems with the cosworth engineers who
surpisingly enough do not undertstand engine control, hence we are doing all
the research of our own backs even though the engines are still rebuilt at
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>The reason why i know alot about MBE systems is because i wrote some
software for them early on this year and have been using their systems for
the past 5 years on all sorts of racing cars including DFV powered ex
formula 1 cars.
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>I suppose the next question you might ask me is can i 'rechip' cars of
course i can.
>I spent alot of time studing Bosch engine management systems and hence know
a lot about them. I also dissasembled and rewrote the software to an Escort
Cosworth which won two championships.=20
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>Regarding what MBE systems can do i think the question should be what can't
it do.
>If you can think of a specification of an ECU then probability has it that
there is a system available to do it.
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>I hope this is helpful
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>Regards=20
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>Engine Control and Combustion analyst
>Consultant to BTCC, F3000, NSCC, Production Saloons etc Championship Teams
>E-mail: sian at mail.bogo.co.uk
>www:  http://www.bogo.co.uk/sian/home.html
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RAGHBIR SIAN
Racing Systems
Engine Management Systems Programmer
Engine Control and Combustion analyst
Consultant to BTCC, F3000, NSCC, Production Saloons etc Championship Teams
E-mail: sian at mail.bogo.co.uk
www:  http://www.bogo.co.uk/sian/home.html
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