New ECU required
New ECU required
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Duke1

Original Poster:

23 posts

251 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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It seems my MBE unit has died on my M12.
I am getting a quote for the replacement unit tomorrow from my garage, anybody got any options/ideas as to where to source one other than Noble?
Also is this a straight foward plug and play job to get back up and running?
Also the garage told me that there are 2 types on MBE units,I thought there was only the one!

Cheers

gadgeroonie

5,362 posts

265 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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i suggest you speak to the factory and see if you can get one that has the correct map on it

an mbe ecu new comes without any programming

you cold use this as an opportunity to put an aftermarket ecu on the car and get it tuned to make some more power

>> Edited by gadgeroonie on Thursday 30th March 22:45

w8cko

88 posts

251 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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Hey I think my ECU just died too...

Mr Noble

6,538 posts

262 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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Anyone for traction control?

Interesting time but ready your wallet!

Duke1

Original Poster:

23 posts

251 months

Thursday 30th March 2006
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I was aiming to add more power, before this came along!!!
I thought all MBE units could be reprogrammed, i need to know as I was looking at a power upgrade as well.


Duke

obes

3,298 posts

273 months

Friday 31st March 2006
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A couple of things here mate..
First are you sure it's the ECU ?; and second, if it is the ECU are you sure it's a failed MBE and not a Marelli? AFAIK the MBE's are pretty damn good !

Mine now has an omex 700 series ECU.
(bought about by the failure of the Magnetti Marelli unit - the original ECU on the early cars)

The crucifier with this upgrade wasn't the ECU as much as the wiring loom needed to go with it

Nifty bit of kit though and pretty bomb proof.
Can handle launch/traction control as well as shift lights and other features like full throttle gear change etc.
It's just not that flexible in terms of resolution of load sites.

The guys at JNM (John Noble Motorsport) in Chesterfield fitted this for me. A very nice job they did too.

It was then tweaked by FP Technology

The MBE is also tweakable. Although searching for added reliable horses will probably bring other upgrades, namely fuel pump and drivetrain !!

oh and don't forget the 'boring' arguement.
You'll become 20% faster with decent driver training, 15% faster with some wheel & suspension mods but only about 2% faster with a power upgrade.
i wish it wasn't true..........but it is. Big time

O.

>> Edited by obes on Friday 31st March 00:08

joust

14,622 posts

288 months

Friday 31st March 2006
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obes said:
but only about 2% faster with a power upgrade.
i wish it wasn't true..........but it is. Big time
Whatyahsayingbud?