COBB Tuning Blog

Three weeks of little facial hygiene has taken its toll. Christian is going bald as all hair growth has been focused on his face. Brood is no longer coherent. Calvin is trying to get a role on the show Wrecked. Matt is driving a purple Cadillac. Irish has rebelled and is growing everything EXCEPT a mustache! What the…

Guesses keep coming in for who will win the most votes. There are still a few favorites, but there are a few others that are making surprising inroads. There is one more weeks to submit your prediction, so make sure you get over to the COBB Forums to register for an account and send in your guess.After March 31st, the guessing game is over and the final photos will be released. You will then cast your vote in a poll over on the COBB Forums for the best mustache. When the polls close, the person that guessed the correct winner and the closest number of votes will be awarded a COBB AccessPORT of their choice.

Change isn’t always good. See for yourselves. Photos from March 1st through March 22nd…

Brandon Anderson ECU Guru	Scott Brood Sales Manager	Dan Brumett Technical Support
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Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Day 22	Day 22	Day 22
Neil Bywater Service Advisor	Calvin Dotson Calibrator	Chris Fahim Software Engineer
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Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Day 22	Day 22	Day 22
Matt Gauthier Firmware Engineer	Joe Graham ECU Guru	Chris Haag Technical Support
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Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Day 22	Day 22	Day 22
Rob Irish Enginerd	Christian Krahenbuhl Sr. Calibrator	Jon Pomrenke ECU Guru
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Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Day 22	Day 22	Day 22
Gary Sheehan Marketing	“Turtle” Wong Engineering Manager
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Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15
Day 22	Day 22

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First tuning software to customize OEM ECU caibrations for the MAZDASPEED3 & MAZDASPEED6

COBB Tuning announces the release of AccessTUNER Pro v1.7 for the MAZDASPEED3 and MAZDASPEED6. This release marks the world’s first publicly available tuning software to create custom ECU calibrations for the MAZDASPEED3 & 6. Using AccessTUNER Pro V1.7, professional engine tuners can configure the ECU to extract the maximum power made available by performance modifications. Whether it’s an intake, exhaust, turbo, cams or any combination of performance modifications, AccessTUNER v1.7 gives professional engine tuners the ability to create a custom calibration for a specific combination of modifications. The calibration is then flashed to the ECU via the AccessPORT handheld ECU flashing device, providing impressive power gains with all of the drive-ability and sophisticated control inherent in the OEM ECU.

AccessTUNER Pro puts control of vital engine parameters in the hands of the professional engine tuner, such as boost, fuel, ignition, closed loop, idle, RPM and speed limiters, load, throttle, sensor calibration and variable valve timing. Customizable data monitors let the tuner choose which channels to monitor and use them to see how changes impact the behavior of the engine. The built-in datalogging capability captures data from these monitors so the tuner can review engine performance through the entire rev-range. 3-D graphical mapping gives the tuner a comprehensive view of engine behavior across three axes to evaluate where performance can be maximized.

AccessTUNER Pro v1.7 is supported on Windows XP and Windows Vista 32-bit operating systems. The USDM 2007-2009 MAZDASPEED3 and 2006-2007 MAZDASPEED6 (both Federal and California models) are supported in this software release.

For more information on how to join the COBB Pro Tuner network and become one of the world’s first professional engine tuners of the MAZDASPEED3 and MAZDASPEED6, please contact COBB Tuning Sales at (801) 713-0443 or wholesale@cobbtuning.com.

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…and the crew at COBB is starting to look rather scary. Most of the entrants are showing some significant scruffage. Some more than others. Watch your distance when standing near Dotson or Krahenbuhl as you may become ensnared with the rate of their beard growth! Several of us suspect unfair doping practices going on here. We’ll have to amend the rules next year.

The competition for winning the COBB AccessPORT is heating up as well. The guesses as to who will win the most votes, and how many, are rolling in. There are some clear favorites beginning to emerge. There are two more weeks to submit your prediction, so make sure you get over to the COBB Forums to register for an account and send in your guess.After March 31st, the guessing game is over and the final photos will be released. You will then cast your vote in a poll over on the COBB Forums for the best mustache. When the polls close, the person that guessed the correct winner and the closest number of votes will be awarded a COBB AccessPORT of their choice.

Check out the “devolution” of our staff as they transform from March 1st through March 16th…

Brandon Anderson ECU Guru	Scott Brood Sales Manager	Dan Brumett Technical Support
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Neil Bywater Service Advisor	Calvin Dotson Calibrator	Chris Fahim Software Engineer
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Matt Gauthier Firmware Engineer	Joe Graham ECU Guru	Chris Haag Technical Support
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Rob Irish Enginerd	Christian Krahenbuhl Sr. Calibrator	Jon Pomrenke ECU Guru
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15	Day 15
Gary Sheehan Marketing	“Turtle” Wong Engineering Manager
Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7
Day 15	Day 15

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Facial hair growth, that is! Welcome to the first annual COBB Mustache March competition! Play and you can win a free COBB AccessPORT!

Our brilliant (sarcasm) Sales Manager, Scott Brood, threw down the gaunlet and challenged the COBB staff to a mustache growing competition through the month of March. Considering the mentality of the crew here at COBB, it should come as no surprise that 14 staff members accepted Brood’s contest. The objective: to see who can grow the most awesome mustache in 31 days. We will be providing updates on this blog throughout the month of March so you can see the transformation of each contestant.

It is important that you witness these metamophosis, because during this time, you will have the chance to guess who will end up sporting the mustachio most coolio along with the number of votes you think they will accrue. After March 31st, the guessing game is over and the final photos will be released for all to ogle. You will then cast your vote over on the COBB Forums for the best mustache. When the polls close, the person that guessed the correct winner by the closest number of votes will be awarded a COBB AccessPORT of their choice.

So head on over to the COBB Forums now, register for your own account and get your guesses in.

Here are the contestants at the beginning of March and what they looked like on Day 7.

Brandon Anderson ECU Guru	Scott Brood Sales Manager	Dan Brumett Technical Support
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Neil Bywater Service Advisor	Calvin Dotson Calibrator	Chris Fahim Software Engineer
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Matt Gauthier Firmware Engineer	Joe Graham ECU Guru	Chris Haag Technical Support
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Rob Irish Enginerd	Christian Krahenbuhl Sr. Calibrator	Jon Pomrenke ECU Guru
Day 0	Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7	Day 7
Gary Sheehan Marketing	“Turtle” Wong Engineering Manager
Day 0	Day 0
Day 7	Day 7

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Watch as GRM’s JG Pasterjak takes an AccessPORT equipped 2008 MazdaSpeed3 out for a spin in this video review. The MazdaSpeed3 project will officially kick off in the June issue of Grassroots Motorsports, so look for it on news stands by mid-May.

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