Unichip or other tunable chip available?

[Mace Windu]

After getting my car dyno'ed it's clear that unless I get a turbo the best thing I can do for it would be to get a new chip. Does anyone have one/know where they are available or of they even make them for the 3?

Also, this is a separate question but goes with it. How do you get rid of the top speed limiter?

 

[goldwing2000]

No chips available and no easy way to ditch the speed limiter.

Sorry.

 

[Mace Windu]

Bah

 

[TurfBurn]

We are building the Microtech to work on the Mazda 3. The proto system should be getting fitted on the 29th... we'll see as some development has fallen behind.

 

[keleko]

you already knew there isn't a chip for us


mazdfa3forums has a guy who just recently go ahold of an ecm, so now it's a waiting game while he and his group crack it

notice our intake is *plastic*?

yeah, so intake and exhaust manifolds, plus exhaust, plus cai - all are avaiable now and must be replaced

ecm is a ways off

other than that, we'd have to pop the engine interals and/or stick a supercharger (turbo or roots) on it

think i'll wait to do that though, only bolt-ons for the 1st 50k unless i can add a supercharger (roots-type) w/o sacrficing anything
plenty of room behind the engine for w/e












(THEY BETTER FUCKN HURRY UP WITH THAT ECM, DAMMIT!)

 

[TurfBurn]

mazdfa3forums has a guy who just recently go ahold of an ecm, so now it's a waiting game while he and his group crack it

ecm is a ways off

other than that, we'd have to pop the engine interals and/or stick a supercharger (turbo or roots) on it

think i'll wait to do that though, only bolt-ons for the 1st 50k unless i can add a supercharger (roots-type) w/o sacrficing anything
plenty of room behind the engine for w/e

Supercharger is not any safer than a turbo.. unless you are actually referring to the fact that a turbocharger is a supercharger... but most people don't know/understand that...

We have internals available.. I should have packages under 800 bucks with forged rods and pistons. I can get you rods that will mate to stock pistons as well for 380. So that isn't a big issue anymore.

Good luck on that guy trying to crack the ECM for the Mazda... it's been done/tried several times on the Protege's with very little luck. you can get into it, but it's far too complicated and entire front end software has to be done etc...

Our standalone will run about 1200-1300 for the mazda 3 and be full timing and fuel and VVT and VICS control. So not much "missing" by that point. We'll know full details of success or failures by the end of the month obviously.

Thanks!

Steve

 

[Mace Windu]

And I can understand how development could fall behind. You guys are in freaking Wisconsin.

Get down here to South Florida so you can work and not freeze to death.

And if you want to use my car as a prototype, that can be arranged as well

 

[keleko]

Supercharger is not any safer than a turbo.. unless you are actually referring to the fact that a turbocharger is a supercharger... but most people don't know/understand that...

i do, which is why i specified roots/turbo

We have internals available.. I should have packages under 800 bucks with forged rods and pistons. I can get you rods that will mate to stock pistons as well for 380. So that isn't a big issue anymore.

from what i understand, the internals on the 2.3 are no different between ones with a turbo or not
same engine, mzp just adds a turbo to it
not sure why i would want to crack the seals to put other internals in it unless i planned to go way over stock boost pressure

i LIKE having a warranty, i'm not gonna do anything that i can't undo in an hour or so, if for some reason i have to take it to the dealer for warranty work

Good luck on that guy trying to crack the ECM for the Mazda... it's been done/tried several times on the Protege's with very little luck. you can get into it, but it's far too complicated and entire front end software has to be done etc...

Our standalone will run about 1200-1300 for the mazda 3 and be full timing and fuel and VVT and VICS control. So not much "missing" by that point. We'll know full details of success or failures by the end of the month obviously.

Thanks!

Steve

HURRY THE HELL UP MAN!

and, if you want or need it - mine's an atx, mace's is a std
so you'll have 2 test mules available!

 

[TurfBurn]

While I hear Florida is nice it's a bit of a drive

The Mazdaspeed 6 uses TOTALLY different internals for the turboed 2.3L. The Protege's did indeed no have anything more than a turbo on them and they also blow up very easily. I'm sure Mazda will used beefed internals on the mazdaspeed 3 when it comes. So really adding any boost to the motor I recommend some internals. But yeah, if you aren't going to void your warranty just yet it doesn't matter too much.

I won't work on the chip stuff... I'm anti-chipping and flashes. The computer programs are too complex to be done properly and I just don't believe in it. I think piggy's and flashes work just fine, and most people are happy, but they don't meet my standards and it's not something I have time to work on unfortunately!

Thanks

Steve

 

[firefox_mp]

not to get off topic, but what is the 3's top speed. i got a 04 2.0, and have had it up too 138mph.

 

[goldwing2000]

not to get off topic, but what is the 3's top speed. i got a 04 2.0, and have had it up too 138mph.

Sorry... gotta raise the :bs: flag. The only way you could get a stock Mazda3 to 138mph is if you towed it behind a Corvette or something.
The computer shuts it down at 118mph.

 

[bacon]

not to get off topic, but what is the 3's top speed. i got a 04 2.0, and have had it up too 138mph.

yeah how the hell could u get it to hit 138mph mine stopped at 118mph (boom07)

 

[mobomelter]

maybe his speedo was broken.

 

[Mace Windu]

maybe he's full of it
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Maybe it's maybelline

 

[goldwing2000]

(lol)

 

[TurfBurn]

LOL...


You guys done eviscerating the poor guy yet?

Rodney King (I think) " Can't we all just get along?"

 

[firefox_mp]

hah. nah, my speedo is fine. was out with a lancer rally art, and we were both screaming along at that speed. done it several times in my car.

 

[goldwing2000]

Unless you've done some major computer mods, I still call :bs:

 

[mazda3zoom]

maybe the mazda3i doesnt have a speedlimiter????i know my buddys 04 civic didnt have one and he could do about 130-140. i know the mazda and civic are different and the mazdas have an electronic cut off but still. we need to hear from more people with the 3i. But if it were someone with a 3s then i would definately call bs cuz ive hit the speedlimiter a few times. (thumb)

 

[mazda3zoom]

back to the subject though, are we talkin about a ECU reflash or sumthin of that sort?? If so what kinda differences could we expect to see with sumthin like that? I know we put edge products on trucks here and my buddys 04 turbo diesel chevy SCREAMS now that we installed the edge product. Its a little different because i think those adjust the turbo timer, air fuel ratios, and shift points but its the same basic principal right??