Due to lack of adequate resources for tuning the canzoomer by myself, I decided to take the car to R&D dyno at gardena to tune this thing. will the tuning be worth $300?

 

and another newbie question....will the factory ecu eventually detune the canzoomer as time goes on?

i used to have a 01 honda prelude and the OBDII ecu is a biatcha and eventually detuned all the mod that i put on there

 

The Canzoomer was pretty limited on what it could do and did have a way of undoing the tuning. there definitely aren't many people who still use it. Since it is more or less an emanage, it can be rewired to work better but mazdamaniac would be the person to talk to about that.

 

don't reset your OEM ecu before tuning and only tune above 5700 rpms and >70% throttle and you will be fine... break those 2 rules and the thing isn't going to do too much good

obey the rules and it works like a champ... although i think $300 to tune it is a bit pricey

 

for $300 you could get the RB flash and it will never 'detune'
then sell the canzoomer and get something else

that is, assuming you are in the US

 

yea, go for RB so it can get whiped out by the dealer next time it has a problem and you bring it in

 

ok then sell the cz, save the 300 and wait for cobb to finish their flasher

 

after tuning the canzoomer, i made 200.3 whp and 149.4 torque! good stuff! however, i am now contemplating on a greddy turbo kit....the shop offered me a ridiculus price with installation....ARRRHHH ! too many choices!

 

doesn't a stock rx-8 have 159 lb-ft torque?

 

what other mods? what dyno? what were you numbers before tuning?

 

at the fly


it also has 232 hp at the fly

 

my mods are as follows: RB intake+duct, borla exhaust, RP race cat, AP pulley and CZ.
before the tuning, the car put down 184 to the wheel. so 16 whp from CZ alone. the car is dynoed on a dynojet.

 

How much did the ap pulley install ended up costing you?

 

nice gains

 

the installation of the AP pulley cost me $40 and the guy finished it in 1 hour (15 minutes was spent waiting for the car to cool off). i still cant believe rotary racing wanted $250!

the pulley was worth its price, good gains in lower and upper rpm but its nothing compare to the tuned CZ!

 

Glad you got it installed and such good gains

Still saving for the turbo kit