My plan to address the power issue
 

All this ignorance about the power issue with the 8 is driving me crazy. I plan to end the debate, one way or the other. Here's how I plan on doing so.

1) I'm going to make every effort to get the real dyno's and time slip's used by Mazda when they tested and changed the hp to 238

2) I'm going to get a real, technical explination from someone in Mazda about why the power was lost.

3) I'm going to find out if there is an ECU break-in period, and if we can expect more power after the ECU flips. And find out if this explains the ragged dyno sheets after 6250 rpm. Also try to get an example of a dyno after the ECU flip, assuming there is one.

4) Perform evaluations on at least 3 cars using the drag-strip, an accelerometer based measuring device (probably the one from Passport), and a chassis dyno.

I plan on having all this ready and printed in the first issue of RX Tuner magazine that will be printed by the 3rd week of Sept. I really want to put this to rest, and hope that my testing will result in positively. However, if the results are bad, I will report that too.

In the meantime, I'm going to clamp down on all the speculation and ignorant talk that's going on. If I see somebody with no 'real' knowledge presenting their opinions in an argumentative way, as if they know what they're talk about, I will delete the post without explination. It's been covered, 1000 times. From now on I want FACTS!

Consider yourself warned. If I have to do this repeatedly, I have no problem with banning problem users.

Let's hope you get some honest answers from Mazda, one way or another. I think your curiosity speaks for most people here, current or possible owners.
You should make this a sticky for a while.

Thank you! It IS ridiculous and it isn't doing any good other than scaring potential owners visiting the forum.

Re: My plan to address the power issue
 

If you have the information by then, but printing is delayed, would you consider releasing your findings via another means? We're all going to have to decide on the buyback by October 1st, and this information - if you're able to obtain it - may be critical to some folks' decision.

I'm assuming that posting personal dyno charts and/or 1/4 mile slips are still ok? :)

If you can do that boostd7, then you be the man!!!

AMEN

Kudos
 

Do that, boostd, and you'll have the gratitude of a lot of people.

Re: Kudos
 

yes you will

Thank you Boost.
I am keeping the buy back in my back pocket till I read your review.
Pam

Go BOOST.. sick em bad boy.

All anyone really wants is truth.

Thanks, BOOSTD. I'm not satisfied by the various explanations for the "strange" dyno results that have been posted, and it seems like your plan will answer my concerns one way or another. I'm grateful to you for taking on the job.

Yes dude! Let's clean up OUR forum form trolls and idiot posts. I don't care if people want to be negative about the 8 -- I myself have posted pluses and minuses, postivie and negative experiences . . . but with tact, respect, and thought!

These guys are just saying the sky is falling as if there is a $10,000 error with the car.

I have not decided what to do with the 2 options either, but for God sakes I am still "thinking" about it, not being a cyber-moron

Thank you. I'm a little sick of all this crap!:cool:

This information, whatever the outcome, needs to be shared with us enthusiasts in this forum prior to 9/30/03.

I hope for the best.

Go boy! You have my 100% support.

Vince

An eminently logical and reasonable approach to the situation - go to it! :D

THANK YOU!!!

Just what we need to end the chaos and make an informed decision.

if i (or my car) can be be of any help in any way let me know Boostd. saturday i start a trip into cali down to monterey and then back up the coast thru San Fran back up into Oregon. ill be back the following sunday to check in on the forum.

Ryan, I suggest getting with Berny Herrera, President/Director of the SoCalRX club(Event organizer of Sevenstock6). He's the local liason with mucho MNAO contacts and he could likely streamline the requests.

I'd like to see this issue die down before Sevenstock6 and the witch-hunt mobs come at Mazda with torches and pitchforks. Ryan PM me if you need his digits, but I'm sure you've got them. I'll forward your post to the SoCal group also. Let's douse this fire before it tosses a stink-bomb on the premiere annual US rotary event.

Ouch, that would be a spooky sight. I'm sure we could all imagine. Too bad I can't go and be a part of the mob.. heheh

Thanks Todd, Berny and Dan are the ones I'm going to work with to get this done. I might not be so eager if I thought the result would be bad, but I'm confident that the results will be a comfort to present and potential future RX-8 owners.

This site gets a lot of mazdausa visibility, it's a powerful leveraging stick. I plan to use that to get the info that all of us so badly want.

Thanks very much my pathetic e-mails and numerous calls to mazda do nothing to help the issue. All i get is some type of customer service rep that only knows what they are told to say. Hell i found the(Supposed fax number to mazda motor corps R@D facility in Yokohama Heres the small ammount of info i have found. I hope it helps a little.


Name of Organization MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION Mazda R&D Center Yokohama
(Abbreviated name) MRY
Foundation Date 1987.6.
Address 2-5 Moriya-cho,Kanagawa-ku,Yokohama-shi,Kanagawa,221-0022,Japan

Tel +81-45-461-1211

Fax +81-45-461-1211

Main Activities
Investigation to market trends in the Tokyo
metro politan area and to create concepts for future
Products through research on leading-edge technology.


Number of Teacher 0
Number of Staff 0
Number of Graduate Student 0
Area of Site 35,474.00m2
Area of Buildings 23,032.00m2
Research Field
Q Mechanical Engineering

S Environmental Engineering

T Transport and Traffic Engineering

H Engineering in general

I System and Control Engineering

Thanks again from a lot of us. I'll hold back my options until this is exposed fully. Maybe a call to MNAO to affirm my "no position without a technical explanation, with the buy back option a real possibility without that explanation". All of your questions here deserve addressing.

Where's the line for that first issue?