MBC and Insurance

[MattB]

Good evening All,

Those of you that have an MBC fitted, are any of you insured with Elephant?

If so,
a/. have you declared the MBC
and
b/. have they covered you for/with this?

Thanks in advance...

[p fandango]

i'm not insured with Elephant but i have declared my MBC to my insurance company, they didn't know what an MBC was so just explained i'd raised the boost up

[MattB]

i'm not insured with Elephant but i have declared my MBC to my insurance company, they didn't know what an MBC was so just explained i'd raised the boost up


Mine didn't know what one was either - so I explained, just as you did. The manager wasn't sure either if they can cover it, so they are checking with the underwriters. Should hear back tomorrow.

[MattB]

Just heard back from Elephant :nono:- they are unable to cover an MBC:cry:

Who are you insured with Pedro???

[p fandango]

i'm insured thru Highway (http://www.highway-insurance.co.uk/highway/index.jsp), a very good price even with everything declared

[MattB]

i'm insured thru Highway (http://www.highway-insurance.co.uk/highway/index.jsp), a very good price even with everything declared

Cheers Pedro, I've just clicked the link and Highway's subsiduary is AQuote. Had a few problems with them when I used them 18 months ago. Quoted and extra £150 when I bought the T5 (originally had a 2litre 20v). When I came to swap over, they admitted they had made a mistake and that the additional charge was nearer £400! I had bought the car on the basis that the additional insurance was only £150. So I had no option but to go elsewhere and so went to Elephant. Which subsiduary is your insurance through?

[Al115]

Lots of firms use Highway. For instance Chris Knott, who I'm with.

[V70Man]

Noob question: What is an MBC then? :dunce:

I am with Elephant.

['95R]

Noob question: What is an MBC then? :dunce:

I am with Elephant.
Manual boost controller raises the maximum amount of boost your car will use. You can raise it a little without ill side effects, but too much and your factory ECU will not be providing the correct A/F ratios as you are introducing more air with higher boost levels. I see in Pedro's sig he is running 20psi on a factory ECU... I hadn't heard of anything like that in the states, but we are limited to 93 octane, no 99 RON for us :(

Here in the states, if you claim any mods to your insurance, they raise your rates through the roof, so if anybody gets into an accident, you are kinda ££££ outa luck if you can't salvage the mods... <--- has been in that situation unfortunately.

[V70Man]

Manual boost controller raises the maximum amount of boost your car will use. You can raise it a little without ill side effects, but too much and your factory ECU will not be providing the correct A/F ratios as you are introducing more air with higher boost levels. I see in Pedro's sig he is running 20psi on a factory ECU... I hadn't heard of anything like that in the states, but we are limited to 93 octane, no 99 RON for us :(

Here in the states, if you claim any mods to your insurance, they raise your rates through the roof, so if anybody gets into an accident, you are kinda ££££ outa luck if you can't salvage the mods... <--- has been in that situation unfortunately.

Ah thx. I've always just known them as bleed valves, never heard of MBC.

[p fandango]

I see in Pedro's sig he is running 20psi on a factory ECU... I hadn't heard of anything like that in the states
BT doesn't stick to the rules lol, as you say the ecu used to kill the ignition at 15psi. After fixing a couple of air leaks she was happy to boost higher (no idea why but i'm not complaining lol)

[p fandango]

Ah thx. I've always just known them as bleed valves, never heard of MBC.
MBC's are totally different to bleed valves, where a bleed valve drains air out of the system foiling the waste gate to raise boost MBC's actually stop the air altogether. Its basically a pressure release valve which blocks the air getting to the wastegate till the level we've set it at, it gives alot more aggressive spool up :sinner:

[V70Man]

MBC's are totally different to bleed valves, where a bleed valve drains air out of the system foiling the waste gate to raise boost MBC's actually stop the air altogether. Its basically a pressure release valve which blocks the air getting to the wastegate till the level we've set it at, it gives alot more aggressive spool up :sinner:

ahh. So it's basically a wastgate to the wastegate? :)

[MattB]

Lots of firms use Highway. For instance Chris Knott, who I'm with.
Thanks Al, tried Chris Knott when my renewal came up - wanted well over £1k, compared to just under £600 with elephant. Have now removed the MBC and guess I'll have to wait for my renewal next summer :cry:

[V70Man]

Thanks Al, tried Chris Knott when my renewal came up - wanted well over £1k, compared to just under £600 with elephant. Have now removed the MBC and guess I'll have to wait for my renewal next summer :cry:

I'm actually starting to think that maybe the RICA is a bad idea too whilst I'm still with Elephant...

[p fandango]

ahh. So it's basically a wastgate to the wastegate? :)
well i guess in a way, no air can get to the wastegate until the mbc gets to your set psi level

[p fandango]

I'm actually starting to think that maybe the RICA is a bad idea too whilst I'm still with Elephant...
phone them up & see what they say