RX-8 friend

Maurice left his in, in the "OFF" switch position. It didn't affect the reflash process. If you leave it "ON", their computer will detect a MAF problem.

canzoomer

No, sorry, byut leaving it on does not show up on the diagnostics.
At the last re-flashI intentionally lef tit all on, and also had them run the engine and PCM diagnostics. No error codes showed up, and it went fine.

We have **FINALLY** finished retuning for L flash. WE did a fairly quick re-tune for safety a while back, but I was not completely happy with the results.
So, we held off shipping back any of the rebuilds and the new units for a couple of weeks, and worked on perfecting the tune to accomodate L more smoothly.
As of today I am **VERY** pleased to say it is done now.

So, we program and ship units as fo tomorrow.

Mazda did some really twisted stuff in L to save fuel and reduce flooding issues. Some of it really does work. However what it does NOT do is improve power. It actually costs power in the range of 5,100 to 6,500 rpm.

We have compensated for the L flash behaviours now.

Sea Ray

So for those of use with the first units for the L flash, should we arrange to send them back, or can we now download your new pgm using a cable?

WHealy

Sea Ray,

Certianly not the autority but ...

If you had one of the very early Stage I's you don't have the upgraded unit that woudl allow the data port connection. Don't know how early you got yours (lucky dog ) but I undertsand the cables are readily availble if you have the correct Stage I.

Hope that helps.

Sea Ray

Hi Whealy,

My unit is dated March 5th, ordered Dec 03, and it does have the port (USB ?) in the unit. I would like to be able to update it while still in the car which should be possible using a laptop I hope.

I don't have the cable but Maurice said ealier that he will sell them. And I assume the updates should be available on his web site or he could e-mail them to us.

Thanks

WHealy

Sea Ray,

Then yep i beleive you are set. Just get yout cables. Of course Maurice will again be busy with the updated Stage I shipping, but I assume he can get you the cables. Now he probably needs to setup a FTP site on his web site. Good thing Maurice is a computer guy too!

Good luck and let us know how it goes.