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1.3_LittersOfFurry 03-07-2012 08:14 PM

The GOODbox is Good! and so is dondo!
 
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Just got my GOODbox in and installed. Extremely impressed! Dondo is a great guy to deal with, and makes a great product, highly recommend!

-Shawn

TeamRX8 03-07-2012 09:46 PM

I bought one of the first ones and it is still not installed, I just can't seem to get motivated enough to tear the dash apart

9krpmrx8 03-07-2012 09:48 PM

I absolutely love mine. Team send yours to Dondo for the firmware upgrade first if you plan on installing it at any point.

1.3_LittersOfFurry 03-08-2012 04:57 AM

It's extremely easy to install team. I did it in about an hour with a flashlight.

12 screws (Including the kick plate)
1 10mm bolt for radio
Splice in 10 wires
Drill one hole (Not into your head, but the ashtray :lol: )

Took me longer to think of something to put in the start up screen than to install.

2hit6 06-20-2012 11:07 AM

Has anyone heard from Dondo? I want to pick up a goodbox from him but got no answer.

How much did you guys pay for it?

1.3_LittersOfFurry 06-21-2012 09:51 AM

I think it was 220 shipped..

How long has it been? IIRC, he travels a lot for work and sometimes takes awhile to reply.

9krpmrx8 06-21-2012 09:55 AM

Yeah he travels overseas a lot, just give it time.

TeamRX8 06-22-2012 12:49 AM

It's so good that two years later I still don't have it installed :o:

TeamRX8 06-24-2012 09:32 PM

Pretty awesome install idea by houstonrx8er got me motivated to contact Dondo, hope he replies

https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-parts-sale-wanted-44/bnib-goodbox-eeprom-programmer-232692/

1.3_LittersOfFurry 06-25-2012 05:26 AM

^ I had thought about doing something like that I didn't think the buttons would make it thru, glad to see it works, to bad I'm too chicken shit to drill. Lol

9krpmrx8 06-25-2012 09:38 AM


Originally Posted by TeamRX8 (Post 4293193)
Pretty awesome install idea by houstonrx8er got me motivated to contact Dondo, hope he replies

https://www.rx8club.com/showthread.php?t=232692


Yeah he did mine the same way and I love it. I really love my Good Box. I wish it had a few more parameters in the setup but it is great for what it is and I prefer it much more over the Cobb for seeing live data.

WTBRotary! 06-25-2012 12:17 PM

What about it melting in that hot texas heat? I mean Glue is glue I suppose... Starting to make me want one...

HiFlite999 06-25-2012 01:03 PM


Originally Posted by 9krpmrx8 (Post 4293433)
Yeah he did mine the same way and I love it. I really love my Good Box. I wish it had a few more parameters in the setup but it is great for what it is and I prefer it much more over the Cobb for seeing live data.

Yup! The cobb is very hard to see while driving. I also hooked up oil pressure and temp into the aux inputs. My standard sets are: (oil pressure, oil temp) (CWT, oil pressure) (AFR, AFR command) and (rpm, mph). Right now I'm tuning, so (LTFT, STFT) and (AFR, STFT) are useful to watch. You can't have both the cobb and the goodbox running at the same time however, and the goodbox is incompatible with a Metra kit. Still a nifty deal. Mine is installed in the otherwise-useless coin box, btw.

9krpmrx8 06-25-2012 01:14 PM


Originally Posted by WTBRotary! (Post 4293613)
What about it melting in that hot texas heat? I mean Glue is glue I suppose... Starting to make me want one...


It is serious glue, Seems to be holding up fine and if it doesn't it is easily fixed.


Originally Posted by HiFlite999 (Post 4293660)
Yup! The cobb is very hard to see while driving. I also hooked up oil pressure and temp into the aux inputs. My standard sets are: (oil pressure, oil temp) (CWT, oil pressure) (AFR, AFR command) and (rpm, mph). Right now I'm tuning, so (LTFT, STFT) and (AFR, STFT) are useful to watch. You can't have both the cobb and the goodbox running at the same time however, and the goodbox is incompatible with a Metra kit. Still a nifty deal. Mine is installed in the otherwise-useless coin box, btw.


yeah I change mine up all the time but right now I usually have it set to watch boost/AFR, water temp/IAT, and STFT/LTFT.


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