ethan113

OK guys, as promised, here is the dyno chart with the unichip. Finally got a scanner!!

Manwe

Nope... I am concerned about greenhouse effect and is pro-environment. (hahaha... like real). Just dun have time to do such stuff.... a few ponies doesn't matter to me. I am not racing the car.

Be thankful you have flights. Wait till you go reservice and payroll submit past 6 mths pay with the pay cut and you lose all your meal and night stops.

voyager18

Hi Ethan113,

Does the Unichip remove the speed limit governor as well?

Manwe

the speed limiter is governed by the ecu and since all the piggy back system allow you to bypass the ecu setting(it can be programmed to inject fuel at >180km/h) it should remove the speed limiter. But you might have a problem as the speedo could be adjusted to read only 180. That would mean you may travel well above the 180 and your car register 180km/h. You got to check it out.

ethan113

Yes. It should easily remove the speed limiter. Haven't put it to the test though.

Do you have a Unichip distributor in Malaysia as well? If you do decide to get the Unichip, do make sure you get a trained tuner or you will not be able to maximise the potential of the chip....He may also mess your whole ecu settings or worse still, damage your engine. So do exercise precaution. Also do make sure that he is using the 3rd generation unichip for the RX8 which was only recently released by Dastek. There are other versions of the Unichip which will not be compatible

Alternatively, if you want to do your own tuning, try Canzoomer instead. They do provide pre-set RX8 map settings.

dmp

has anyone answered why the dyno doesn't cover the entire rpm range?? And why his peak power numbers are 1000 or so, rpms lower than stock?

Motown8

Hey I was there for the dyno, the tuner didn't wanna push it to 9000.
Anway dmp, the power for a stock euro RX8 peaks at 8200rpm and the dyno pretty much covers it. It is up to 8285 rpm for your info.

EBS

I got a group of friends (JDM Accords and euro R) who unichipped their ride. Before and after was obvious with one owner gaining 16 bhp on his stock 2.0l auto accord. Others ranged from 8 to 16 bhp with dyno chart.
Seems the unichip is very effective without much prob. They did it in JB.

voyager18

Hi ethan113, thanks for your response....I haven't really checked if there's a Unichip distributor in Malaysia (can anyone confirm this..? if there's one, where is the exact address & contact no.?)..but i think i'd rather drive down to s'pore to install it (i trust s'porean mechanics than the ones in malaysia). Can you give me the name, address and contact of the distributor who did yours?

As for the speedometer not displaying the actual speed beyond 180km...is this really valid??? i mean, since it's digital, should it not display the actual speed...i'm really curious.

As for Canzoomer, has anyone installed this ECU? Is it a better piggy back ECU? All i'm looking for is really a speed cut enabler and a few addition of HPs...since the speed cut enabler itself is about RM 1300 (~S$600) in Malaysia, might as well get the piggy back ECU. Can anyone recommend a place to install Canzoomer (exact location and contact address? I'm really not familiar with S'porean garages)

Cheers!

nhk

to install canzoomer, it is not that difficult. I did it myself, Btw currently I am in California, butta I am Malaysian 2.

check out the canzoomer vendor section for more info

Manwe

Yes it is digital but the software could still limit the display. I am not too sure but it sure affects some cars with digital display. I think I had read it somewhere b4 abt RX8 JDM not able to display above the 180km/h despite removing speed limiter as well. So you will have to check.

voyager18

wow...that's a scary thought..no display of speed past 180km!!! man, that means i have to buy one of those APEXI speed display add-ons! shucks! where did you read about this MANWE? would like to find out more...but thanks for your feedback!

hoks

Can someone enlighten me on the graphs?

1) On the torque chart, the yellow line drops significantly between 1993 to 3000rpm, is this normal?

2) Am I right to say that we get almost 100% gain in torque (9+ vs 18+) right @ 3k rpm?

Thanks...

ethan113

Hi Voyager, I did it at G Motors in Singapore...it costs about $850 including tuning. It is at Ang Mo Kio Industrial Estate 2...Not sure about the exact address because I never did take note of the unit number hehe....but you can call Max at 90666807 for more details. Cheers.

voyager18

Great ethan113, i'll give Max a shout when i come down next week....thanks heaps! btw, did any of you folks buy a JDM model, and fixed your own CD changer in the back?

Manwe

i'm not too sure. do a search in the forum and check. Go internet search and do as well. I'm sure it will show some results. If not you could have removed the speed limiter(easily achieved as the piggy would remap and thus inject fuel above 180km/h) but read 180+ when you could be travelling well above 200. Not nice as you could have misjudged braking distance etc etc(anything above 180 already look fast and it is quite hard to gauge).

voyager18

so has anyone in s'pore installed the Canzoomer piggy back ECU? there's this used Greddy E-Manage ECU selling in KL too...anyone installed that as well???

M-ster

Dont think anyone in S'pore has used Canzoomer just yet. the piggy back is mainly to re-tune the de-tuned 8 in America, restoring it back to the 250hp that the JDM has. and the earlier batch of RX-8s in singapore are mainly JDM, thus no use of the piggy back ECU. Infact this topics have been discussed quite sometime back here in the asia forum.

lohsk

G Motors
10 Ang mo kio industrial park 2a
ang mo kio autopoint
#02-16
Singapore

About 3 hours to fix...

I am planning to go myself but some mazda club members are suggesting I take a look at the obit piggyback.

voyager18

Hi M-ster, thanks for sharing that info. I guess i'm most likely going to instal the Unichip since it serves both as a speed cut enabler and engine tuner. I was thinking of the HKS RSM, but that alone cost like $600..so might as well add a couple hundred more for the Unichip.

Hey lohsk, Is the Obit Piggyback similar to Unichip? how much is that going for?

tems900

The Unchip & HKS RSM can't remove the speed cut on JDM Rx8, only the HKS & FEED SLD can do it, if u having JDM Rx8 the unchip might not tune up the performance too, but think it may tune up the EURO SPEC back to JDM .

lohsk

About $900 according to the "Shark" - Mazdaclub member. I still can't find an english website on it. But I think it is similar.

voyager18

hi tems900, thanks for the great feedback! Are you very certain that the Unichip can't remove the speed cut on JDM Rx8s??? If so, i'm definitely NOT installing it. As for the HKS & FEED SLD, where can i get that and how much would it cost?

tems900

That the info from Max of Gmotor regarding Unichip, u can check with him again, GarageR must still have the HKS SLD in stock, around $550.

voyager18

thanks tems900, i'll give Max a call next week to double confirm on the Unichip. Since there's not much choice, i guess i'll settle for the HKS SLD...a bit expensive for a stand alone if u ask me...anybody's installed it?