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Old 02-24-2010, 04:20 PM
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Wow, this thread is gawd awful. Research was limited at best and the rant is based from a person who didn't even attempt to tune it themselves. Now i could understand if he attempted himself and realized he hated it for legit reasons - but it's apparent that someone else told him it sucks so now he's relaying the message.

how wonderful. I heard rx8's suck too...i wonder if i should start a thread
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Originally Posted by TeamRX8
I suppose the OP would have been happier with the RB flash ...
which I suggested on the 1st page
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If the OP bought the Cobb AP from MM he would have be happier
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Originally Posted by FoxRacer600RR
he had it for years and heavily modified it himself , thats the only reason i trust him ...he works at a shop he owns
Tuning for a 7 is very different from tuning an 8. Sure they are both rotaries, but there is a lot more to it...... If I was talking to a tuner and they said "I Have never tuned an RX8 before, but I know how to tune a 7 so I can tune your 8", I would thanks them for their time and get out of there. That would just tell me that the guy was in way over his head, and he didn't even know it. I am not trying to dis your friend, just offering you some advice. Take it or leave it. On the other hand, there have been some members here that did figure out how to tune their own car using the Cobb. Check out those threads in the "engine tuning" section.

Edit: After reading this whole train wreck I see that this has been mentioned many times already.

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Didn't you just moved to Daytona????, if so FL is heaven for any rotorheads, there are MANY shops that specialize in rotaries ONLY. Come to the "Central Florida Rotaries" meets, we got people with years and years of experience that have done it all, superchargers, turbochargers, porting, swaps, you name it, someone has done it to their Rx8, just ask around, I'm sure some one can help you with the Cobb.
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lol - the OP fails
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Originally Posted by jmc23200
It is $700 from MM with 6 months of tuning, or as long as it takes to get it right. MM is a fair person and if there was delay on his end that pushed you beyond the 6 months, he will recognize that. Or you can pay $300 for the 6 month tuning service. There are no other options for MM.
$594 (not $700) and $299, respectively. lol
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Name of this thread should be "How to waste 700 dollars by doing no research"
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Originally Posted by Charles R. Hill
The maps MUST largely be ineffective due to federal regulations.
Hey Charles, I'm curious as to why you say this? Can you elaborate? I'm just curious..
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Originally Posted by alz0rz
Hey Charles, I'm curious as to why you say this? Can you elaborate? I'm just curious..
If I may...

The factory tunes are over rich in order to save the cat as federal law requires them to be warrantied for 100K miles.

With a mid-pipe, or a person willing to replace cats more frequently, the tunes can be leaned out quite a bit to get better MPG's as well as more power.
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Originally Posted by Kane
If I may...

The factory tunes are over rich in order to save the cat as federal law requires them to be warrantied for 100K miles.

With a mid-pipe, or a person willing to replace cats more frequently, the tunes can be leaned out quite a bit to get better MPG's as well as more power.
Oh right, I knew that.
But I thought Charles was referring to maps made by Cobb and that for some reason they had to abide by some federal regulations...
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Originally Posted by FoxRacer600RR
.....but i really figured u could do tuning on the computer straight out of the box and load it to the unit but i was WRONG WRONG WRONG,
ummmm.... actually you can do that, we have a dozen or more member on this forum that are doing this right now. there is even a thread practically dedicated to it.
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Originally Posted by laythor
Name of this thread should be "How to waste 700 dollars by doing no research"
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Who reads?

And you won't get better MPG at 60 because your already running at stoich or close to it.
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Thats an MX3.
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Thats an MX3.
Jeef use to play with them too.
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Wow makes wv look bad :/ The only reason my car runs is because of AP and MM
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Thats an MX3.
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ay, I remember reading about his sc mx3. my beater is an mx3, almost made me want to f/i it. haha
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https://www.rx8club.com/rx-8-parts-sale-wanted-44/fs-cobb-acessport-192388/
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Mm im stuck on what i should do.. It is agreed i made a bad un-thought out move before buying it..im trying to sell it but alot are telling me to get you to tune it lol whats the process on tunning it
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Purchase the service here (at the bottom):
http://www.mazdamaniac.com/cobb/accessport.htm

Instructions here:
http://www.mazdamaniac.com/cobb/instructions.htm


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