Thread: microtech/wolf for economy

I think the you may find the $900 Wolf may be a 2D these don't map Ignition only fuel, 3d does both. Forget the hand controler if you can they take way to long to tune. I've done a wolf on a Ser 3 Jag using a hand controler and it took ages. Useing a lap top or even a desk top if you have to is the way to go. Most ecus will display all relevant gauges ie water temp, rpm ,lambda, % throttle and you get to look at a nice map of the entire rev range. If you use an ECU that can do spark you lock up the dissy and get rid of the vac advance. Set the ignition to a base line of what the standard set up does and then work from there.

Most Ecus tune off a MAP sense (manifold absolute pressure) rather than an Airflow meter. Basically you have 3 states of Vacuum, Lots which is no load, non which is full load / wide throttle and positive pressure which is boost from a blower. On an un blown engine you basically just give it enough fuel to run un loaded at 500rpm steps to say 2500rpm then guess the rest to say 5k just so it will rev with no load. Then in the map again just add some extra fuel in the no vacuum part of the map so you can bring it on load with out hurting it. Once you have done this you just bring the engine up to say 2.5-3k with no load and then feed the dyno brake in till you have full load ie no vac but don't stall it add or take fuel till the exhaust is correct this is really easy if the ecu gives you a lambda readout. Then just do the same at about 1500 rpm, I then just smooth out the map between and extend up to 4500-5000 rpm, a bit on the fat side prior to running it on load up high. This will be pretty close so then do a high speed run get that correct, smooth the map again and do some spot load checks at 1k spaces. Most ecus will also have a cold start % enrichment ( this saves you heaps of fuel) you need to play a bit here over a couple of cold starts to get the min % of fuel for the shortest time that you can live with. They will also have a % enrichment for an accelerator pump and full throttle enrichment, this uses the TPS to know when to chuck some extra fuel in and this over rides the maps, again this takes a couple of goes. You can do a good base line tune in around an hour if every thing goes your way. If however you just want to fudge the factory tune just use an interuptor/piggy back unit to lie to the ecu about what the airflow meter thinks is going on.

The wolf i found to be worths it money .. For those buying i would suggest get the hand controller because if you are out bush and you need to check or adjust something it tells you all . If you take your time and do it right it is pretty easy to install . I found the tuning to be difficult when i first started (using only hand controller) but after getting a up date from wolf themself ( i just took the main unit into them ) i asked a few question and i was away [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.gif[/img] . Very simple when you are shown and have a laptop handy .. For thoses interested and live in mebourne drop me a pm if you want alook at it ..
I will try for some pics