Thought I'd follow up on this.
I took my 8 to Rosenthal (finishlineperformance) the day before DGRR08 and had them do this flash. I was already running premix so I wasn't concerned, just thought I'd get it on the latest version.
I netted 24.6MPG on the drive home to VA which is the best the car ever got. Not saying the flash did that, but it MAYBE played a factor.
Also, I spoke to RB yesterday as I'm getting their flash this month and wanted to be sure the recent mazda flash would not interfere. They reassured me that it wouldn't. They said they dont even touch those same areas that Mazda's flash does. Also, they get the latest flashes from Japan before the general public does, so they build off the most recent versions. Must be nice to be "in" with mazda