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Introduction
The engine has been designed specifically for use in F3R single-seater applications.
This Engine Installation and Operation Manual has been developed and written for the exclusive use
of F3R racing teams. It is therefore, written with these professional organizations in mind and as such
may not contain the necessary detail and safety information that may be required for non-professional
teams to perform the use and operation of the engine properly or safely.
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Contenu
1. General information ........................................................................................................................ 5
1.1 Engine area .................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 Power curve ................................................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Torque curve ................................................................................................................................. 6
2. Engine delivery ................................................................................................................................ 6
2.1 Engine packaging ........................................................................................................................... 6
2.2 Security seals ................................................................................................................................. 7
2.3 Engine identification...................................................................................................................... 8
3. Software .......................................................................................................................................... 8
3.1 Magneti Marelli Software.............................................................................................................. 8
3.2 SYSMA............................................................................................................................................ 9
3.3 TIRE CHOISE ................................................................................................................................. 10
3.4 Wintax ......................................................................................................................................... 11
4. Electronic ........................................................................................................................................... 11
4.1 ECU .............................................................................................................................................. 11
4.2 ELB ............................................................................................................................................... 11
4.3 Computer setting......................................................................................................................... 12
4.4 Electronic diagnostic ................................................................................................................... 12
4.5 Engine diagnostic......................................................................................................................... 13
5. Engine usage ...................................................................................................................................... 14
5.1 Oil system .................................................................................................................................... 14
5.2 General: ....................................................................................................................................... 14
5.3 Maintenance after each event: ................................................................................................... 14
5.4 Engine Wiring Overview: ............................................................................................................. 15
5.5 Engine sensors installed on chassis: ............................................................................................ 15
5.6 Lambda sensors important note: ................................................................................................ 16
5.7 Barometric pressure sensor important note:.............................................................................. 16
5.8 Air filter........................................................................................................................................ 16
5.9 Frequency of maintenance .......................................................................................................... 17
6. Starting procedure......................................................................................................................... 17
6.1 Before starting ............................................................................................................................. 17
6.2 Pedal/throttle/ewastegate learning............................................................................................ 19
Pedal sensor voltages range .......................................................................................................... 19
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Pedal/throttle learning procedure: Duration approximately 30 seconds ..................................... 19
6.3 Engine warm procedure .............................................................................................................. 20
7. Engine usage ...................................................................................................................................... 21
7.1 General precautions .................................................................................................................... 21
7.2 Operating temperatures and pressures ...................................................................................... 21
Coolant temperature: .................................................................................................................... 21
Engine oil temperature:................................................................................................................. 21
Engine oil pressure ........................................................................................................................ 22
7.3 Engine speed limiter .................................................................................................................... 22
8. Engine maintenance ...................................................................................................................... 23
8.1 Maintenance table ...................................................................................................................... 23
8.2 Air filter cleaning procedure........................................................................................................ 23
8.3 Spark plug replacement procedure ............................................................................................. 24
8.4 Oil filter replacement procedure................................................................................................. 25
8.5 Clutch tightening procedure: ...................................................................................................... 25
8.6 Fly wheel tightening procedure: ................................................................................................. 25
9. Contact .............................................................................................................................................. 26
Appendix 1............................................................................................................................................. 27
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1. General information
1.1 Engine area
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1.3 Torque curve
2. Engine delivery
2.1 Engine packaging
All MR18 F3R engines are delivered in their specific transportation wooden box. Use exclusively these
boxes for travels.
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A complete spare engine is considered as pictures below. Engine must stay in that stat for rebuild or
dyno-check in ORECA.
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2.3 Engine identification
Engine number is written on the ELB plat fixation on the top of the plenum.
3. Software
3.1 Magneti Marelli Software
Wintax basic and Sysma basic will be delivered with new car. Wintax is software for data
downloading and analyses. Sysma is software for ECU calibration.
One Wintax basic and one sysma basic will be delivered per new car. Both basics software are
activated by Password (one per computer).
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3.2 SYSMA
3- Select “Control” when power is turned ON. “Control” will come green. Note that it can take a bite
of time to reach the connection.
4-Then you can see all engine sensors values and adjust Gear ratios and shifting LEDs.
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3.3 TIRE CHOISE
On the new Sysma project, you are about to choose on “FR19_GEAR” window the tire supplier
(HANKOOK / MICHELIN / PIRELLI). This parameter will adjust wheels circumferences.
Example:
The good tire must be set to have the good car speed on your devices and the good pitlane limiter
speed.
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3.4 Wintax
Wintax4 user manual will be delivered with Wintax software. Channels information can be found on
APPENDIX 1.
4. Electronic
4.1 ECU
Engine management is done by ECU Magneti Marelli SRG140.
4.2 ELB
Every engine is equipped with ELB (Magneti Marelli). This device will record strategic information
during engine life.
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4.3 Computer setting
First, you must change computer IP address (IPV4) as following and switch of firewall & wifi.
In case of sensor issue, you must check Vref supply. With any short circuit on loom or sensors, the 5V
will drop. All sensors in the same Vref supply will wrong.
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Vref distribution:
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5. Engine usage
5.1 Oil system
Only Castrol Edge Titanium 10W60 can be used in the MR18 F3R
engine.
Oil filter is changed also after the bench breaking-in and power curves. Make sure to clean carefully
all oil pipes and oil tank (in bellhousing) before you mount a new or rebuilt engine in the car.
5.2 General:
Extreme care must be taken with the routing of all wiring looms
and positioning of equipment to avoid damage to wiring insulation
or over-stressing of internal cables.
Prevent the engine loom and the ECU loom from unlikely conditions that could cause damages:
- design a proper thermal insulation in order to protect the alternator and its loom.
- make sure that all electronic devices are properly fixed and cannot be damaged by vibrations.
- check all power connections on alternator, electric starter, chassis ground and power.
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5.4 Engine Wiring Overview:
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5.6 Lambda sensors important note:
Please ensure that a small amount of Copper grease is applied to the threads prior to fitting.
The Lambda Sensors fitted to each exhaust tail pipe are very
sensitive items and therefore, care must be taken to ensure that
they are not damaged.
Air filter can be cleaned and re-used. It is important that your air filter be clean (or changed) regularly
to ensure an optimum engine performance and reliability. This interval can be greatly influenced by
your environment and driving conditions. In dusty areas, you may need to clean the filter more often.
Please refer to section 6.2 of the engine manual for air filter cleaning procedure. ORECA recommends
to customers to have a minimum of 2 spare air filters and a complete air filter cleaning kit.
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5.9 Frequency of maintenance
- Before each meeting, your air filter must be new (or cleaned)
- Change your air filter when it looks too dirty / old, or when the cotton does not still cover
the whole mesh of the air filter (if you see some holes in the mesh).
6. Starting procedure
- Cold engine ONLY: open the water circuit up to 50°C water temperature.
- Proceed to Pedal/throttle/eWastegate learning before the first start of each meeting, or after any
intervention on the throttle, pedal or Wastegate.
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-ELB state must be “Link ON” and limiter active “Std1”. Limiter apply will be 6750 RPM.
-check sensors and injectors supply. All Vrefs must be close to 5.000 Volts and Vtank must be close to
67 Volts.
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6.2 Pedal/throttle/ewastegate learning
Pedal voltages must be in the below voltage ranges to able to success the learning.
1) Power off the car and press full throttle pedal while main switch is off.
2) Keep full throttle pedal, Turn ON main switch and keep full throttle pedal position for 6-7 seconds.
3) Release the throttle pedal (= remove completely the foot from it) and wait for the end of the
automatic pedal/throttle learning procedure (motorized throttles are going successively to MIN –>
MAX –> IDLE positions).
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6.3 Engine warm procedure
- Ensure Neutral gear is selected
- Ignition OFF, use starter button to make the oil pressure increase to 2bar (cold oil) or 0.5bar (hot oil).
Never use starter button longer than 5 seconds in the way to preserve the electric starter.
- Ignition ON
-When engine is running, Engine State is “RUNNING” and SyncState is “Phased”. In case of starting
issue, you can check SyncState. If this value is not “Phased” under cranking you can have issue with
crank our cam sensors
-Engine is running
- Check VVT errors. VVT1 is Inlet camshaft and VV2 is Exhaust camshaft. Both VVT err must be close to
0° when engine is running.
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- Keep the engine speed between 2000RPM and 2500RPM until the coolant temperature reaches
50°C. Adjust water level if necessary. At coolant temperature = 50°C precisely, close the water cap.
- At IDLE speed press clutch and engage 1st gear Shift up gently from 1st to 6th gear until the coolant
temperature reaches 65°C, then shift down slowly to 1st gear.
- 1st gear engaged, rise engine speed at 3000-3200RPM stable and shift up to 6th gear. Release throttle
pedal and shift down to neutral. Take care that coolant temperature do not exceed 75°C at this point.
- At neutral, use engine speed of 4000RPM for 10 seconds and kill engine.
7. Engine usage
50 75 110
50 70 140
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Engine oil pressure:
2.8 4 6
Engine speed is limited by the ECU at 6750RPM. It is tolerates to use the limiter during maximum 3
seconds continuously.
To get smother limitation there are 2 pre‐limiter band (one for IGNITION and one for INJECTION). The
pre‐limiter band is setup at 50 RPM from 1st to 6th gear under absolute limiter. This means that the
engine starts limiter is 6700 RPM.
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8. Engine maintenance
To clean your Green High Performance Air Filter, follow the steps below:
1. PRE-CLEANING
2. APPLY CLEANER
Spray the filter with Green Filter Cleaner and allow the solution to soak in for about 15
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3. RINSE
Rinse the filter with warm water, clean side to dirty side to flush out the dirt.
4. DRYING
Allow the filter to dry naturally. Try to avoid heat because it might shrink the cotton. If you use an air
gun, do not blow closer than 30cm from the air filter and do it carefully, otherwise the air flow will
generate holes
5. APPLY OIL
Re-oil the filter using Green Filter Oil by using 1 spray per 2 square inches of filter. Take care to not
over-oil your filter. Remove the excess of oil on the rubber. Air filter is ready to use. OIL FOR FOAM
AIR FILTER IS STRONGLY PROHIBITED
* Never use motor oil, transmission fluid, WD-40®, or any other brand of filter oil as these
may damage your Green Filter. Use only genuine Green Filter Oil.
- Remove carefully the coils and blow air prior to remove the old spark plugs.
- Apply a small amount of copper grease on the threads of new spark plugs.
- Assemble the new spark plugs. Torque it by hand to compress the seal. Release it and torque it again
at 17Nm.
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8.4 Oil filter replacement procedure
- Clean carefully the oil filter area prior to remove the old one.
- Apply a small amount of oil on the seal of the new oil filter.
- Assemble the oil filter and torque it at 20Nm. Verify minimum 3 times the torque (filter shouldn’t
move) and mark its final position with a paint pencil.
- Before tightening, apply copper grease or ARP grease on the thread and on the underside of the
screw head and torque fly wheel screw at 90 Nm.
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9. Contact
Postal address:
ORECA Magny-Cours
Technopole du circuit
Phone: +33 3 86 21 08 00
Fax: +33 3 86 21 08 02
Email: o.airault@oreca-magnycours.fr
Email: a.sauvagere@oreca-magnycours.fr
Email: g.rambier@oreca-magnycours.fr
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Appendix 1
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ITEM UNIT SIGNIFICATION DECIMAL FRENQUENCE
FuelCons_mg mg Fuel quantity injected from power 1 0 10Hz
FuelConsumption kg Fuel quantity injected from power 1 3 10Hz
GDU_OutLed GDU leds outputs 0 20Hz
Gear Gear position from -1 (reverse) to max gear 0 100Hz
GearDnSw Filtered downshift switch request 0 50Hz
GearDownshiftRequest Gearbox elaborated downshift request 0 50Hz
GearState GearState 0 200Hz
GearUpshiftRequest Gearbox elaborated upshift request 0 50Hz
GearUpSw Filtered upshift switch request 0 50Hz
gExtAccX g External acelerometer X axis elaborated value (filtered) 3 50Hz
gExtAccY g External acelerometer Y axis elaborated value (filtered) 3 50Hz
GPS Global Position System 0 50Hz
GPS_ALTITUDE m Global Position System altitude 2 50Hz
GPS_BEACON Global Position System beacon 0 50Hz
GPS_LAP Global Position System lap 0 50Hz
GPS_LAT ° Global Position System latitude 7 50Hz
GPS_LONG ° Global Position System longitude 7 50Hz
GPS_SPEED Km/h Global Position System speed 2 50Hz
GPS_TEMP °C Global Position System temperature 0 50Hz
IdealLapTime s Lap ideal time 3 5Hz
Ignition Ignition power state 0 50Hz
IgnLim_Abs rpm Ignition absolute engine limiter 0 20Hz
IgnLim_Active Ignition active limiter 0 20Hz
IgnPower Ignition power state 0 5Hz
LapDiffBestTime s Lap diff with best lap time 3 5Hz
LapDiffIdealTime s Lap diff with ideal lap time 3 5Hz
Logger_FinalTime s Final lap time from Logger 3 20Hz
Logger_Lap Lap counter from Logger 0 20Hz
Logger_Run Run counter from Logger 0 20Hz
mFuelCons1 Kg Fuel mass consumption from last tank fill up (1). 3 5Hz
mFuelConsLap kg Lap fuel consumption ( mass ) 3 20Hz
ParDiffBestTime s Diff with previous best time of the last partial (relative to beacon) 3 5Hz
ParDiffIdealTime s Diff with previous ideal time of the last partial (relative to beancon) 3 5Hz
PartialBestTime s Best time of the last partial (relative to beacon) 3 5Hz
PartialIdealTime s Ideal time of the last partial (relative to beacon) 3 5Hz
PartialTime s Time of the last partial (relative to beacon) 3 5Hz
pBaro mbar Barometric pressure elaborated value (filtered) 0 50Hz
pBrakeF bar Front Brake pressure elaborated value (filtered) 1 50Hz
pBrakeR bar Rear Brake pressure elaborated value (filtered) 1 50Hz
pClutch bar Clutch pressure elaborated value (filtered) 1 20Hz
pOil bar Engine Oil pressure elaborated value (filtered) 2 50Hz
pRail bar Fuel high pressure elaborated value (filtered) 1 50Hz
pRailTgt bar Fuel high pressure target 1 20Hz
PredictLapTime s Predicted lap time 3 5Hz
PSD_Alarm Configurable Can Rx signal 15 raw 0 10Hz
PSD_Aux A Configurable Can Rx signal 7 raw 2 10Hz
PSD_Coils A Configurable Can Rx signal 8 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_CU_HP A Configurable Can Rx signal 5 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_ENGINE A Configurable Can Rx signal 9 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_FED A Configurable Can Rx signal 4 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_Fuel A Configurable Can Rx signal 3 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_InputSt Configurable Can Rx signal 11 raw 0 10Hz
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ITEM UNIT SIGNIFICATION DECIMAL FRENQUENCE
PSD_OutSt Configurable Can Rx signal 16 raw 0 10Hz
PSD_SPARE A Configurable Can Rx signal 6 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_Starter1 A Configurable Can Rx signal 10 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_Starter2 A Configurable Can Rx signal 12 raw 1 10Hz
PSD_TBox °C Configurable Can Rx signal 14 raw 0 1Hz
PSD_VBatt Configurable Can Rx signal 13 raw 1 10Hz
rPedal % Pedal position elaborated value 1 50Hz
rPedal1Raw Pedal track 1 raw value 3 50Hz
rPedal2 % Pedal track 2 elaborated value (filtered) 1 50Hz
rPedal2Raw Pedal track 2 raw value 3 50Hz
RPM rpm Engine speed 0 200Hz
SwFuelPumpState Force fuel pump switch state 0 20Hz
SWP_Ana1_Downshift Switch panel analog 1 2 200Hz
SWP_Ana2_Upshift Switch panel analog 2 2 200Hz
SwPitLim_State Pit Limiter switch input state 0 20Hz
SwResetDashAlarmState Reset dash alarms switch state 0 20Hz
SyncState Synchronization state 0 50Hz
Temperature_01 CAN-Cortex_extra-datas 0 5Hz
Temperature_02 CAN-Cortex_extra-datas 0 5Hz
Temperature_03 CAN-Cortex_extra-datas 0 5Hz
Temperature_04 CAN-Cortex_extra-datas 0 5Hz
tExhaust °C Exhaust temperature elaborated value (filtered) 0 50Hz
TinjR1Cyl1_1 µs Main ramp injection time 1 cylinder 1 0 50Hz
Tlm_LapTime ms Tlm Time through 2 Beacon events 0 20Hz
tOil °C Oil temperature elaborated value (filtered) 1 20Hz
tOilGbx °C Gearbox Oil temperature elaborated value (filtered) 1 20Hz
tWater °C Water temperature elaborated value 1 20Hz
UpshiftElv % Upshift electrovalve command 0 20Hz
vBarrel Volt Barrel position elaborated value 3 500Hz
VBatt volt Filtered battery voltage 2 50Hz
vFuelCons L Fuel volume consumption from last tank fill up. 2 5Hz
VFuelConsLap L Lap fuel consumption ( volume ) 3 20Hz
Vref1_Corr V Reference voltage 1 hw compensated 3 50Hz
Vref2_Corr V Reference voltage 2 hw compensated 3 50Hz
Vref3_Corr V Reference voltage 3 hw compensated 3 50Hz
Vref4_Corr V Reference voltage 4 hw compensated 3 50Hz
Vrefi_Corr V Internal reference voltage hw compensated 3 50Hz
Vtank_Corr V GDI power supply hw compensated 1 100Hz
VVT1_Diag VVT1 diagnostic (to be confirm) 0 20Hz
VVT1_Err °Crk VVT1 error 1 50Hz
VVT2_Diag VVT2 diagnostic (to be confirm) 0 20Hz
VVT2_Err °Crk VVT2 error 1 50Hz
WSpeed_FL Km/h Front Left Wheel speed filtered 1 50Hz
WSpeed_FL_Dg Front left wheel speed diagnostic 0 20Hz
WSpeed_FR Km/h Front Right Wheel speed filtered 1 50Hz
WSpeed_FR_Dg Front right wheel speed diagnostic 0 20Hz
xDamper_FL mm Front Left linear Damper elaborated value (filtered) 1 100Hz
xDamper_FLRaw mV Front Left linear Damper raw value 3 100Hz
xDamper_FR mm Front Right linear Damper elaborated value (filtered) 1 100Hz
xDamper_FRRaw mV Front Right linear Damper raw value 3 100Hz
xDamper_RL mm Rear Left linear Damper elaborated value (filtered) 1 100Hz
xDamper_RLRaw mV Rear Left linear Damper raw value 3 100Hz
xDamper_RR mm Rear Right linear Damper elaborated value (filtered) 1 100Hz
xDamper_RRRaw mV Rear Right linear Damper raw value 3 100Hz
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