SBK Rules

 Two things of note. It seems that everyone in WSB is running some kind
of traction control but refusing to talk about it. And it seems to be
generally buried in the ECU where it's going to be extremely hard to
ferret out. Traction control is banned in AMA (right?) but surely AMA
and SBK Suzukis are running the same ECU? Troy Corser has admitted
running traction control while Mat can't say anything.

Secondly, Yamaha with Emmett in the UK have made a jump in performance
this year after experimenting with firing orders. And WSB has just
banned big bang, altered 1000-4 firing orders.

Now both of these look to me like technical areas where racing could
improve the breed and lead directly to better road bikes. Is this being
handled right?

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 Julian Bond wrote:

If in fact he has T/C it wasn't working on that one corner when he
absolutely lit up the rear for the "telly" in race 2 I bleieve!



IMO, If aftermarket ECU's are permitted, they should able to be used to
their fullest potential, either to aid in traction or to alter firing
orders. Though, I think the firing order ban may have been designed to
aid a certain Manufacturer..

 
performance

You can't experiment with firing order with ECU alone.  You need to
modify camshafts for that.

 
And or crank shaft.

/MBE

 Morten Becker-Eriksen wrote:


Not necessary.  Certainly not for an inline four.  Probably not
for a V4 (dep. on whether rods are sharing crank pins).

To modify a four-pulse inline four, which typically has the inner two
and outer two pistons already moving in tandem, I leave it as an elementary
exercise for you to figure out.