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The RX8 computer is supposed to be extremely similar to the Subaru that they have experience with. I don't think that they are providing a generic product for our car. They are just selling to Subaru owners first, then they will begin with others once they are caught up.
Originally Posted by Brettus
don't know what a beta tester is but I'll sure as hell be a better tester !
Why not take the Petit approach - offer maps for various piggybacks already on the market ?
Why not take the Petit approach - offer maps for various piggybacks already on the market ?
not very pretty..
beers
Originally Posted by Richard Paul
Funny thing about Cobb, I have emailed him twice and called twice. He never calls back. He must not like me or has to many sales already. I wanted to look into his product because it fit our objectives well.
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
I used to know Trey pretty well when he worked at Rotary Performance. I'll have to call him up to see if he remembers me.
Who could forget??
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Ok I called Cobb tuning and got an answers. First off, Richard call and ask for Chris. He wants to talk to you about your project and how they can help. 801-713-0035.
The Accessport for the RX-8 has no official release date yet. It only has a vague timeline guess as to when it will be available. That "best guess" right now is 3rd quarter this year so probably not until the fall at the earliest. It's not happening very soon. Sorry. They od have the ability already to talk to the ecu and change things. They still need to work many other aspects out as well as integrating it into the Accessport product. Just because they can talk to it right now does not mean it's actually being done through an Accessport.
The Accessport for the RX-8 has no official release date yet. It only has a vague timeline guess as to when it will be available. That "best guess" right now is 3rd quarter this year so probably not until the fall at the earliest. It's not happening very soon. Sorry. They od have the ability already to talk to the ecu and change things. They still need to work many other aspects out as well as integrating it into the Accessport product. Just because they can talk to it right now does not mean it's actually being done through an Accessport.
OK - that sounds way too far into the future - Richard I would like volunteer to be one of your Beta (or better) testers . You need to get this into a foreign climate to see what its like under different conditions 
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maybe this partnership could speed things up for the tuner for the RX-8 
If the AFSC ships with the Cobb unit, the sales of the tuner will go up for sure.
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Originally Posted by rotarygod
Ok I called Cobb tuning and got an answers. First off, Richard call and ask for Chris. He wants to talk to you about your project and how they can help. 801-713-0035.
The Accessport for the RX-8 has no official release date yet. It only has a vague timeline guess as to when it will be available. That "best guess" right now is 3rd quarter this year so probably not until the fall at the earliest. It's not happening very soon. Sorry. They od have the ability already to talk to the ecu and change things. They still need to work many other aspects out as well as integrating it into the Accessport product. Just because they can talk to it right now does not mean it's actually being done through an Accessport.
The Accessport for the RX-8 has no official release date yet. It only has a vague timeline guess as to when it will be available. That "best guess" right now is 3rd quarter this year so probably not until the fall at the earliest. It's not happening very soon. Sorry. They od have the ability already to talk to the ecu and change things. They still need to work many other aspects out as well as integrating it into the Accessport product. Just because they can talk to it right now does not mean it's actually being done through an Accessport.
... they do have a few cars out there running on their flashes
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05 w/ 19K and begging for FI...BEGGING...
So if I understand this right, we are most likely going to see the Axial SC w/ a Cobb AP unit?
I was definately going to get the Cobb AP as soon as it was released, so hopefully we can either purchase both the SC+AP as a bundle or be sold the SC components w/o the AP...ASAP else if the SC is MIA I'll be doing KP...
So if I understand this right, we are most likely going to see the Axial SC w/ a Cobb AP unit?
I was definately going to get the Cobb AP as soon as it was released, so hopefully we can either purchase both the SC+AP as a bundle or be sold the SC components w/o the AP...ASAP else if the SC is MIA I'll be doing KP...
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Originally Posted by Jedi54
The Cobb thing is still up in the air. RP attempted to contact them but apparently wasn't very successful.
Think we'll just have to wait and see....
Think we'll just have to wait and see....
8-21-06: "We'll begin posting dyno results and MPG testing..."
9-01-06: " Currently we are in the initial development and testing stages of the AccessPORT for the RX-8. We can use this thread to post updates about development, and so you can ask questions or give..."
9-05-06: "Absolutely, we're already at that point. We can currently control when the radiator fans operate, Closed Loop to Open Loop logic, the MOP, redline and other limiters, MAF (intake sensor) calibration,..."
9-20-06: " Thanks for the show of support everyone. Things are going well on our end, just working on completion of some hardware development for the production parts and of course continuing to improve the..."
9-01-06: " Currently we are in the initial development and testing stages of the AccessPORT for the RX-8. We can use this thread to post updates about development, and so you can ask questions or give..."
9-05-06: "Absolutely, we're already at that point. We can currently control when the radiator fans operate, Closed Loop to Open Loop logic, the MOP, redline and other limiters, MAF (intake sensor) calibration,..."
9-20-06: " Thanks for the show of support everyone. Things are going well on our end, just working on completion of some hardware development for the production parts and of course continuing to improve the..."
11-07-06: "Yes, I can confirm we're on schedule for a 1st quarter 2007 release. A lot of the work has been done and tested. Once we get in some of the new Mazda specific hardware we need to make this..."
11-29-06: " Things are still moving along nicely. We're still without the communications cable which is what we'll need for a release, but development goes well. All focus right now is finalizing and releasing...
11-29-06: " Things are still moving along nicely. We're still without the communications cable which is what we'll need for a release, but development goes well. All focus right now is finalizing and releasing...
2-2-06: "Things are still progressing on this front. We've been flashing RX-8s for awhile now and learning quite a bit about them. Our own RX-8 has officially passed the 100 reflash mark actually.
And I think I've touched on this but I want to do so again... we're still not looking to have anything available until Spring/Summer timeframe. I understand being anxious, we are as well.
I've personally been overwhelmed recently with projects that I haven't had the time to troll the forums and post minute by minute updates. I apologize for that. I'll do my best to jump on here more. I just don't want anyone to think we're leading them on when we're still several months away from the ability to release anything.
Cheers,
Trey @ COBB"
And I think I've touched on this but I want to do so again... we're still not looking to have anything available until Spring/Summer timeframe. I understand being anxious, we are as well.
I've personally been overwhelmed recently with projects that I haven't had the time to troll the forums and post minute by minute updates. I apologize for that. I'll do my best to jump on here more. I just don't want anyone to think we're leading them on when we're still several months away from the ability to release anything.
Cheers,
Trey @ COBB"
Another one bites the dust. The RX-8's ECU is a bitch and Cobb's learning it the hard way. Honestly Trey seems a little aloof in his posts. I think he/they need to gather a little more information from RX-8 community before trying to tackle the beast.
I give them a 50/50 chance of releasing anything by the late summer.
-Mr. Wigggles
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FYI, we are in contact with Cobb tuning after a little help from Fred. I am at the moment drafting a proposal to Trey Cobb. On the surface it seems like it could be a match for the two products. Other then that I have no information about their reflash to offer you.
We currently have 40 Rx-8 compressors in the production line. That means parts are coming into existance that will eventually become superchargers. They are all configured for Rx-8 installations.
We also are building a new test bench with electronic controls. We have all the componants and just need the time to build the thing.
The shop is busy with outside (read paying) jobs right now so there isn't all the room you would like for the Rx product.
I still haven't gotten up to Tahoe for the cold test because there is just to much snow. No one has given me any advice on what to do if I need chains. Some of you guys must live in the snow, do you put your cars away in the winter?
I'm not about to get winter tires for my car that lives in So Cal. Then drive up the 5 at 80mph+ on those horrable noisy non grip things.
Where is John from Woodland Hills, I want to talk to you.
We currently have 40 Rx-8 compressors in the production line. That means parts are coming into existance that will eventually become superchargers. They are all configured for Rx-8 installations.
We also are building a new test bench with electronic controls. We have all the componants and just need the time to build the thing.
The shop is busy with outside (read paying) jobs right now so there isn't all the room you would like for the Rx product.
I still haven't gotten up to Tahoe for the cold test because there is just to much snow. No one has given me any advice on what to do if I need chains. Some of you guys must live in the snow, do you put your cars away in the winter?
I'm not about to get winter tires for my car that lives in So Cal. Then drive up the 5 at 80mph+ on those horrable noisy non grip things.
Where is John from Woodland Hills, I want to talk to you.
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Excellent update. Makes my decision to wait for Cobb-AP/AFSC at least worthwhile.
Will there be any pre-orders or group buys availible? Discounted beta (no-warranty) units?
Sorry about the chains thing...I'm in Texas...snow only lasts about 12hrs for a few days...in Febuary...every other year...if it ever makes it to the ground...so I cant help you there...
Will there be any pre-orders or group buys availible? Discounted beta (no-warranty) units?
Sorry about the chains thing...I'm in Texas...snow only lasts about 12hrs for a few days...in Febuary...every other year...if it ever makes it to the ground...so I cant help you there...
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RP: I used to live in Norcal; many trips to Tahoe for skiing. I've never driven a RWD car in the snow so I can't comment on that respect but I would say that bringing a set of chains is your best route, no sense in snow tires. Best bet would be to plan your trip around using the main highways like I-80 and whatnot because they are good about getting the main arteries clear. Check a few sources for road/weather conditions like the radio and sites like this: http://www.dot.ca.gov/hq/roadinfo/ That's what I used to do, hope that helps
I talked to someone from Baltamore today and he told me that if it snows at all he drives his truck. He claims the 8 is useless in the snow. Even a little snow. He knew of no way to get around it. 
Drive my truck? Don't think that will help doing a cold test on the Rx8 installation.
Then again if no one else can drive in the snow what's the problen?
It gets cold without snow, doesn't it?
Drive my truck? Don't think that will help doing a cold test on the Rx8 installation.
Then again if no one else can drive in the snow what's the problen?
It gets cold without snow, doesn't it?
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Originally Posted by Richard Paul
I talked to someone from Baltamore today and he told me that if it snows at all he drives his truck. He claims the 8 is useless in the snow. Even a little snow. He knew of no way to get around it.
Drive my truck? Don't think that will help doing a cold test on the Rx8 installation.
Then again if no one else can drive in the snow what's the problen?
It gets cold without snow, doesn't it?
Drive my truck? Don't think that will help doing a cold test on the Rx8 installation.
Then again if no one else can drive in the snow what's the problen?
It gets cold without snow, doesn't it?
I also can verify that it does get cold without snow.