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Ferrari 458 Italia is official!

Ferrari 458 Italia is official!

The new Ferrari 458 Italia
The new Ferrari 458 Italia

Ferrari has offically announced the 458 Italia today, ending months of speculation as to the look of the new sports car. The new car does not stray too far from the styling of the f430, the car it is slated to replace, but has many new design cues that simply raise the bar, but tastefully (I am looking at you, Lamborghini).  There isn’t much in the way of revolutionary news about the new prancing horse otherwise. It is powered by a direct injection v8 creating 560 hp, which should be enough to plant any owner firmly in the 200mph club, but comes as no surprise to those who have been following the rumours surrounding this car.   This new car is good in a couple ways, in that it is Ferrari’s most fuel concious model to date, and will be priced similar to the outgoing f430. Here is to hoping Ferrari can move this beauty in this terrible economy.

Colorado D-Series Showdown

Colorado D-Series Showdown

This video is from the Colorado D-series showdown at Pueblo Motorsports Park in Pueblo Colorado. It is a very high quality video showing the fastest SOHC turbo cars in Colorado. The post production was done by High Altitude Video, which did a really great job. It is easily one of the best drag racing short video compilations I have seen on the web, and it came from someone local! Anyway, enjoy the fast Hondas.

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Stock Honda ECU code dump repository

Stock Honda ECU code dump repository

For those of you looking for stock Honda binaries for various honda ECU’s, look no further than the great PGMFI ECU definition wiki  page related to the subject mirrored here on mycomputerninja.com. In the repository, you will find the stock basemaps and bin files for most obd0 and obd1 honda factory ECUs. These binaries can be used to return an aftermarket chipped ecu back to its original state, especially in the obd0 range where there is no jumper to pull to revert to factory settings. They also make a great starting point for basemaps on cars needing to be tuned. I have used many of the binaries in this repository, and thought I would write a quick note to let people know that this great resource is still around. The entire pgmfi wiki is mirrored here on mycomputerninja.com, and you can find the main library page simply by following (and bookmarking!) this link.