Cobb AccessPORT Discussion
#51
When you flash your car, you mate it to it. You then cannot use the ap on any other car till you uninstall it from yours. The uninstall restores the original map back to your car.
So ultimately, you CAN try things out on your friend's car if you wanted. You just can't use it on both your car and your friends at the same time.
#52
It's not yet confirmed that the AP will work on Canadian models but I bought one anyways. Worst case senario, I gotta buy a USDM pcm for my car to make it work.
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will the AP have some sort of lean protection?
i was doing a HPDE last year and on the back straight @ about 120 mph in 4th when the car shut off on me. i had a quarter tank of gas and thought it was ok. i was wrong! now i'm on turbo and would not want that happening.
also, i have the int-x currently. will i have to do anything other than disconnect the int-x and plug in the AP?? i cannot wait to get this thing and finally get to drive my car the way it should be driven.
i was doing a HPDE last year and on the back straight @ about 120 mph in 4th when the car shut off on me. i had a quarter tank of gas and thought it was ok. i was wrong! now i'm on turbo and would not want that happening.
also, i have the int-x currently. will i have to do anything other than disconnect the int-x and plug in the AP?? i cannot wait to get this thing and finally get to drive my car the way it should be driven.
#59
Let me clarify something -
There aren't different calibrations for all of the different exhausts and intakes. Those things don't matter.
All the PCM knows is how much air is going into the motor - it doesn't care how it got there (or how it gets back out again).
So, the different calibrations for the AP are designed to adjust for all of the irregularities that are introduced into the sensor readings by installing aftermarket parts.
If you follow the directions, you will get the correct tune, regardless of your actual installed parts list.
As far as "how far can you push it?", that will depend on you.
Any time you ask for more from the motor, it will exact some price.
For most, the price will be fuel economy and CAT life. You will also have to budget for running the best fuel you can.
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So hmmm .. does the RX8'S computer have "access' to the firmware version of the audio system(I''m guessing that's a big NO, but gonna ask), and if so, does the Accessport also have access to that information?
#71
My car actually runs better with better fuel on the track.
Sure will be nice to get rid of that full throttle bog mode. You actually have to pull off the throttle a little for it to accelerate better in a stock 8.
#72
Not sorta - absolutely.
Like ANY modification, you are at your own risk.
The only thing I (or Cobb) guaranties is that the AccessPORT does what it says it does and that is modify the PCM programming in a predictable way.
What you do with that modification is your own business.
That said, you are not likely to do any damage to a normally aspirated Renesis with tuning of this sort.
Its the emissions equipment that won't fare so well in the long run.
Like ANY modification, you are at your own risk.
The only thing I (or Cobb) guaranties is that the AccessPORT does what it says it does and that is modify the PCM programming in a predictable way.
What you do with that modification is your own business.
That said, you are not likely to do any damage to a normally aspirated Renesis with tuning of this sort.
Its the emissions equipment that won't fare so well in the long run.
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Did you get a chance to monitor exhaust temps at your various stages? My stock cat has started to fail with the car stock so I picked up a new Supercat. Naturally I'd be interested in pushing the tune as far as possible without destroying the cat right away. Maybe stage 2?