mobile standalone-ecu/engine man'ment guru's

[MattBrown]

Tbh, its probably just a serial cable with a sbd sticker

The only thing I could think is its either got a resistor wired in to limit the voltage, or the pins for the power are removed?

Somethings can be powered off a serial port iirc, but maybe the ecu gets its power from the battery?

[Adam]

Stickers dont come cheap from SBD though!

[peester]

matt i think your right, its just a resistor or summat on a std. serial cable, only its not sbd as such its an mbe thing (different company) but still its different enough. Its not the £40, its as the first post says, i cant get all into it right now, personal things, busy, so im looking for help with getting the car to start. Trust me getting a cable for £40 wont sort my problem .

Ad ill see - i dont fancy risking it if im honest with a std serial cable, just yet, so ill only be able to try it myself if i plunge the £40 or find one cheaper another way.

Ideally, this 'guru' may only need an hour with his correct lead and knowledge and for £40 i could find the job all done for me

[peester]

ive read on an old mig post that stuart (cambridge) used to make the lead - he sold then at £25 all in, instead on sbd's near £40..

[Adam]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MBE-ECU-Progra...item2eaadf35e5

[Stuart]

If I can find the bits in the shed (I got enough to make 10 leads ages ago), I'll do you one for £10

Its two VERY VERY precise resistors in the cable to make it MBE compatible.

or
http://www.sbdev.co.uk/Engine_Manage...%20Diagram.gif if you want to make one yourself

[peester]

just replied in the other mbe thread kicking about in mechanical..
ill take you up on that stu - go into shed and let me know ta.

[Stuart]

cant make any promises as I cant remember how many I've made, but will have a good look for the shizzle

[peester]

nice one.. to the rescue!..
i think it was 2005 you were advertising the 'mod' for sale on mig, i rekon there'd be more demand nowadays as used items appear for sale and popularity of new ones has increased..?

[MARTIN KELSON]

Hi Dave,

My MBE was dyno'd at:

John Toovey Road & Race
Unit 8
Wynns Venture Centre
Cannock
Staffordshire
WS11 3XL

Tel: 01543-505565Business Type: Engine

Maybe worth a call as only in Cannock for you.
He has a good reputation with Vaux race engines so maybe able to sort you out.

Martin