Since we have recently established my car and Taka's are essentially the same....., I wish to respectfully expunge from the record, my description of Taka's ride as "a clunker", Your Honour!!!

Go "Hmmm, these words are tasty" mez.

 

My car goes in for service on Saturday. Its build date is 17th Sept. I will check my cal Id and let you know next week.

I will also check for upgrades.

skc

 

good luck... I have a feeling that you are "F" as well :D

 

What is your VIN?

 

My VIN is not far from Hymee's and surprise surprise my Cal ID is E.

Getting mine serviced later today - will ask about updates.

 

Follow up - got a reflash - see here for details:
https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.p...threadid=27860

 

Had my service done at Aspley last Saturday. I was told that there were no updated available. According to the machanic the last updated the dealership recieved was around early September.

My vehicle was built in Sept 03 with vin JMOFE 103100100740.

I also spent a bit of time with the tech to try and ascertain my cal id however it seemed that we were both uncertain on how to extract this info from the computer. It seems that the training these machanics are getting seems inadequate. I walked away a bit miffed at not getting the info that I was after.

skc

 

I am not a trained Mazda mechanic, but on the WDS there is a "Powertrain Info" section and the CalID is reported there.

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

It would be nice to see what yours is SKC, as the earliest "F" we know of from the factory is VIN 801, Sept Build.

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

It may start from 800 onwards :D... I have a better deal than I thought I had hehe

 

As reported by sco, now confirmed by me.

Grand Prix, Aspley updated there WDS with the latest configs on Thursday 6th May. I went and had mine checked this morning by Robbie. There was a "G" clalibration available, so he did it for me :D

And the oil pressure gauge does the sweep right on cue on the 20th brake pedal pedal pump.

No tests done yet, but I will plug my scantool in tonight and have a look at the AFR's.

Onya - Robbie

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

Very interesting.

I look forward to seeing the what they have done to the AFR with this latest flash.

 

anyone in melbourne had the G flash done yet?

i'll call my dealer (essendon mazda) about it to see if they know.

going from D to E was good. G must be better?

mike

 

Perhaps the first 2 RX-8's with the G flash in Australia are 2 red cloth trim ones from Brisbane :p , both flashed at the same dealer.

As we always knew - red is faster :p :p

D to E was good - we don't know what the actual differences in E to F and F to G are. They migh only be changes to Idle, or starting or something - time will tell. I certainly think E has room for improvement in AFR's and perhaps ignition timing.

One would think that over time the recalibrations would be displaying diminishing returns, as is the case in continual refinement.

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

I have D which definately needs to be switched to at least E.

 

Hymee... love your work. Great info.

 

Hymee, can we get any more info? Why was "G" released.....I know "M" was released in the states to overcome flooding on start-up, but that has never been reported as a problem here.

I can only assume it backs of the AFR a tad as we all now know these things run a little rich.....good for the fuel economy, I guess.

Have had no trouble with "F", if "G" is an economy flash, we all need to know....

Gomez.

 

I'm about to fill my tank which of which about two thirds was driven on the new flash - if there is anything interesting to report.... you'll all hear.

 

It would be nice to be able to just log onto the Mazda site, go to to support, read the release notes for the latest "flash", download and update our car...

It is sort of possible, but you need to pay lots of subscription money and need some expensive hardware (at the moment).

And even then, you probably don't get the release notes!

Cheers,
Hymee.

 

If "G" is an economy flash... then would that comprimise performance?

Sco sounds very happy with it so far, arent you?

Taka

 

Yeah, I'm happy so far - but I haven't done any fuel economy figures yet... a little more power could mean a little more fuel :p

BTW... I only have around 8000km's on the clock... YMMV depending on how "free" the engine is.

 

It would be even nicer to go there and download the MazdaSpeed "flash" for our cars.

 

Or order MazdaSpeed parts FREE!

it is all in our dreams!

 

It good to dream though!!

 

i just had my car in for service today, without question or asking the car was reflashed. not sure what update i got tho. I didnt even know it was done until they told me and i wasnt fussed either way until now. Now the car idles alot smoother and "seems" a bit smoother in the mid section. I'll have to play some more as i'm still adjusting from the mazda 2 courtisy car =)