I have a new email. bluemazda8@yahoo.com. My other email has been deleted.

Thanks Brian, appreciate the update!

forwarded you the email

Alright.. how much do you want to send me one from the first batch eh? hehehehehehehehe ... j/k :D :D :D

On a serious note... that's great.. looking forward to it.

ill give you mine....for a price :P

no seriously...I still dont have M flash, and Im weary to install it on K...I'll have to talk to Maurice and see if I'll run into any problems

hmm.. how bout $50? eh?

according to this Mazda service bulletin (4/12/2004)...
http://www.finishlineperformance.com...1-04-1273d.pdf
.. "M" flash will now be done to any car coming in for any reason (including routine maintenance).

yea, i know and i printed that out and handed it to the service manager. he said "if youre not having any of these problems we cant do anything."

to which i responded "it doesnt cost you anything and it takes 5 minutes. and it will reduce the chance ill be in here getting the engine unflooded"

he said "well, unless its a recall we cant do anything about it, but ill ask my service manager"

obviously he didnt, but somehow it still took me an hour to get my oil changed.

Ditto, Ditto, Ditto

"If it were an issue for all cars they wouldn't have put it in this bulletin"

WTF? So I asked why would I not want the latest level.

"This is for cars that have trouble starting or to prevent flooding"

So I asked why I wouldn't want something to help my car not flood.

I'm on the phone to Mazda North America today!

Wow, I'm sorry to hear you guys are having so much trouble getting the upgrade..

Are you sure they saw the "revised" version of that bulletin??

I can't believe they'd still tell you that even when it says verbatim:

"It is important the PCM to at least "M" calibration if the vehicle's PCM currently contains an earlier version. The "M" calibration contains software logic to prevent possible no start concerns. Because of this revision, all vehicles with previous calibrations should be updated to at least the "M" calibration level. This includes vehicles coming to the dealer for repairs unrelated to the no start concern, or normal scheduled maintenance."

..hopefully Mazda North America can help you straiten out your dealer..

give em a call anyways, but I emailed them before the latest TSB release and they gave me the standard run around. id really like to know why theyre being so anal about this

According to the conversation I just had with Mazda corporate the dealerships are to be flashing ALL 8s to "M" regardless of the reason for the visit. They said that the dealerships should call the technicall assistance hotline for verification if needed.

Also, they indicated that they are indeed chasing the mpg problem with potential calibration changes to come. They could not give a time frame but said to keep checking directly or by viewing the TSBs. They did admit that they are seeing large fluctuations in mpg performance but are unsure as to why.

yeah, unfortunately i seem to be on the bottom end of the MPG sine wave...

after the M flash and keeping most of my revs below 3750 i've been getting about 20 around town. Where before I was getting less then 12.

My dealership was dope, and just took it in. Told me it actually takes 30 mins to upgrade the ecu... that may have been BS. ;

This thread has been hijacked.

Sorry :( Here you go :hands back thread:

If anyone is tired of waiting, PM me and I'll take your spot... though I realize you'll probably want to wait and see if the most recently promised shipments come through. Who's holding their breath?

Even if I don't get one, it's pretty cool all the hastle Brian has gone through for this. You da man. (Where's the brown-nose smiley? #1 on next GB?)

Reminds me of a video that I saw once... Colorado girls holding thier breath in a hot tub... you get the picture.. and could have something to do with CU's football program as of late!

Rosco took my place, only cause I need the money right now, but still hope to get a stage 1 later in the year.

I'll still check in on the GB from time to time tho, as you guys have been great to talk to.

Thanks,
Hskr8

i would like to be in this group buy if it is still open

this Group Buy is closed, you may be able to buy someones spot though.

what's the status? did the rest of the units get shipped?

Bumpty bump

okay.. two weeks has come and gone... what's up?!?

:(

New slogan should perhaps be... Canzoomer... we take a long time... then if we say a time... its going to be a long time after that.

Slavearm