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12-21-2003, 10:13 AM
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Yes, of course, Mazda will buy it. Why would Mazda buy something they already have.
All this mod does is return the car back to pre-production state.
Mazda hosed the fuel maps to increase the life of the cats thanks to an insanely stupid US regulation requiring them to last 120k miles.
If Mazda was willing to destroy their pride and joy to meet this regulation, they certainly aren't going to sell the mod themselves.
However, I can see Mazda supporting Canzoomer et al under wraps. I am sure they want the true 247hp, 18/24 mpg RX-8 on the road more than anyone.
All this mod does is return the car back to pre-production state.
Mazda hosed the fuel maps to increase the life of the cats thanks to an insanely stupid US regulation requiring them to last 120k miles.
If Mazda was willing to destroy their pride and joy to meet this regulation, they certainly aren't going to sell the mod themselves.
However, I can see Mazda supporting Canzoomer et al under wraps. I am sure they want the true 247hp, 18/24 mpg RX-8 on the road more than anyone.
12-21-2003, 02:53 PM
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JDWK,
Because as we all know Mazda will not admit first hand what they have done. However they may be willing to offer an aftermarket ECU upgrade through Mazdaspeed. Especially if on the '05's or '06's they find another way of dealing with the problem like high temp cats. for those of us with '04's Mazda might want to make us happy and offer more hp. Also I don't think that CZ's upgrade is strictly taking the ECU map back to the original configuration since the hp rating was 247hp at the crank and not the wheel where we are hearing from CZ that his will make 250hp at the wheel. And he hasn't stated that his chip will bring the cars to posted EPA mpg. Has Mazda been working on ECU upgrades? If they haven't and they don't want to throw all the time and money into R&D then they might be willing to pay a third party for their hard work. Did Acura do all of their own R&D on upgrades they offered for the NSX or did they higher a race driver with a good reputation blowing up Civics and CRXs? hmmm.... I wander?
Because as we all know Mazda will not admit first hand what they have done. However they may be willing to offer an aftermarket ECU upgrade through Mazdaspeed. Especially if on the '05's or '06's they find another way of dealing with the problem like high temp cats. for those of us with '04's Mazda might want to make us happy and offer more hp. Also I don't think that CZ's upgrade is strictly taking the ECU map back to the original configuration since the hp rating was 247hp at the crank and not the wheel where we are hearing from CZ that his will make 250hp at the wheel. And he hasn't stated that his chip will bring the cars to posted EPA mpg. Has Mazda been working on ECU upgrades? If they haven't and they don't want to throw all the time and money into R&D then they might be willing to pay a third party for their hard work. Did Acura do all of their own R&D on upgrades they offered for the NSX or did they higher a race driver with a good reputation blowing up Civics and CRXs? hmmm.... I wander?
Last edited by 93rdcurrent; 12-21-2003 at 02:56 PM.
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