Ah well I guess I'll have to be the guinea pig with piasini. It seems like other ECU's have a 100 flash limit to prevent wearing out the ROM chip... hoping this won't be a problem down the line.

 

Hmm, did you happen to note the before/after versions of ME to avoid the 100 flash limitation?
I got my version in June, after the Feb date, but worryingly before the July date you mention... If I hit "about", it says product version 2.0, file version 2.0.2.755.

EDIT: So I did re-download the installer from the original link I had and it is version 2.0.2.765. I also grabbed a new definitions file, again at the same link as I had. I guess this means the "Check for updates" function which I tried does not work. Made a back up of everything before installing the new version and not tried either of these yet...

 

Sure is a lot of registration steps with ME lol. Bought it, had to wait a day for my key, entered key, and sent him an email with my VIN and device key. I assume i need to wait for all of that information to come back as well before I can do anything worth bothering with?

 

Is there any company's that do the tuning for you?

I'd like to cleanup ECU but don't have experience to do it myself.

 

Not yet. I would prefer to learn myself, but may end up giving one of the gurus my monnies for help.

Just got my bin file back from epifan. I am thinking that my preliminary goals are the following:

1. Disable emissions CEL's
2. Tune out the richness at start since I dont have a cat
3. Tune max load afr's down to ~13 as opposed to the 11.9 that I get from the oem tune lol.

 

Darn; yeah those all sound great too!

I take it the ME software is on laptop with OBDII cable and that's how we flash the thing?

Hmm--wonder if my race shop would be interested. They use Cobb and do the S1 RX8.

 

Correct. You need an OpenPort2.0 to interface the vehicle with ME.

 

Thanks sir!

 

Be careful with tuning out the startup fuel adder. I don't think it's only for cat lightoff; at least in my port-injected V8, extra fuel helps on startup because the gas is not atomized as efficiently due to the low temperature of the engine.

Also, someone reputable around here, though I can't remember who now, mentioned in another thread that the stock wideband can be rather inaccurate toward the richer end of the scale, so I would take care with that as well.

Of course, I'm about as much a noob at this as anybody - just sharing what (I think) I've learned so far.

 

Yep, I have the same version (2.0.2.755). Still waiting for the piasini (takes a while coming from China...) so nothing new to report really.

What version of ME is everyone else running?

 

Mine says 3.0.3.857 .......

 

I did over 300 flashes on my old ECU before ME tripped the 100 flash counter . Protuner previous to ME .
No problems with the rom chip .......

 

EEPROM and Flash Memory can go through MANY (hundreds of thousands) of P/E cycles before they get 'worn'

 

dont you have the professional verion? I have the latest Personal and it is 2.0.2.765

 

Yes -

 

OOC, do S1 owners have two DTC# tables as well? I thought I read somewhere that you did but I couldn't find it in this thread.

 

I think they do. I disabled 420 in both. Worked perfectly.

Welcome to the club

 

It was mentioned in this thread: https://www.rx8club.com/series-ii-te...-242731/page3/

 

cool beans thanks.

0420
0410
0411
2257

all disabled

 

Hrmm....

[20:02:00.298] found OpenPort 2.0 (J2534) cable
[20:02:05.334] CAN init...
[20:02:05.353] ECU SW partnumber: N3R5EJ00013H6020
[20:02:05.366] ECU VIN: JM1FE1C22A0404725
[20:02:05.372]
[20:02:05.379] you should use N3R5EJ00013H6020 firmware as base file for this ECU
1048576 bytes opened from map editor: C:\Users\Corei7\Downloads\PSorornejad_BaseDump_noc el.hex

-- New session started at 10/8/2013 8:02:29 PM : Write process with template Mazda RX8 (MY2009+) --

[20:02:29.408] loading kernel from file C:\Program Files (x86)\mazdaEdit Personal\kernels\mazda_rx8_58.bin
[20:02:29.419] 19664 byte kernel read
[20:02:29.430] 1048576 byte image read
[20:02:31.151] kernel is not supported by your license
[20:02:31.162] Errors occured

 

So what are you saying ? no worky? Thought you had already used it on your ecu per previous post?

 

no worky. No i meant i made the edits... hadn't yet flashed it lol. Sent E an email.

 

heh . Oh well . hope the Russian gets you sorted out quick smart

 

Yup, just got a new registration key today, worked like a charm. Woo hoo, for the first time in like 3 years, driving without a CEL lololol.

 

Cool man . Keep us informed of your progress .