blubarisax Posted April 26, 2011 Author Share Posted April 26, 2011 Excellent news. I called in the calvery to save the day. Steve at SBD was most helpful. For just 95 GBP they spent an hour training my shop on the MBE ECU and gave us the code to unlock the software completely. We were able to re-assign the pins and got the fan to work just fine as well as learning how to modify the map if we needed to. The car is running good on the Cosworth USA supplied map. So, we are off to the Dyno tomorrow for some fine tuning! http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac336/blubarisax/IMG00107-20110425-1511.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boss351 Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 Steve at SBD is very helpful and patient with us MBE users, just another vote for him and the support there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 And, even more happy to have beaten Croc to the punch!!! :rofl: I had no idea I was in the race to spend money quickest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitcat Posted April 27, 2011 Share Posted April 27, 2011 (edited) I look forward to seeing the dyno sheets, after this months long build up! I hope you beat 220 hp:). Photos of the completed car/engine bay would be nice too:)! Edited April 27, 2011 by Kitcat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubarisax Posted April 28, 2011 Author Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) So, here was the elusive problem with the Cosworth loom. We had the coil loom hooked up backwards YIKES!!! Anyway, that does not explain why no power to the relays. So it looks like a combination of issues were going on. We are putting a new Cosworth loom (they were good enough to get me a new one) today and hopefully the relays & fans work. For the good news, the wheel HP averaged about 210 on a Dyno Dynamics Dynamometer (they calculate a 28% loss with this machine). This would translate to engine brake HP of 290 HP, but that may be somewhat optomistic. Cosworth rates this setup at 280 engine brake HP. The most important thing is the motor sounds scary cool... Here is the coil loom on backwards: http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac336/blubarisax/IMG00082-20110413-1640.jpg Here is the troublesome coil loom: http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac336/blubarisax/CoilLoom.jpg A photo from Cosworth of the correct installation (would have been nice to get this photo or the wiring chart while we were having all the problems) http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac336/blubarisax/Picture134.jpg Here is the Duratec connected to the engine loom (no separate coil sub-loom) http://i913.photobucket.com/albums/ac336/blubarisax/IMG00107-20110425-1511.jpg Edited April 28, 2011 by blubarisax Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reason Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Is this your dyno run? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Croc Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Yep thats Karl's car. Not sure who the guy behind the wheel is? Looks like Karl aged 25 years and grew a beard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubarisax Posted May 11, 2011 Author Share Posted May 11, 2011 That is Bert, my mechanic. I was not there that day, have to work once in a while. The replacement Cosworth loom is in and working fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberbug Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Excellent went through every page Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inis Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Not sure if this is still a for sale thread, I would be interested in the roller barrels if you want to part with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blubarisax Posted May 19, 2012 Author Share Posted May 19, 2012 Sorry, the motor and ancillaries sold right away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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