Wolf 3D limitations

[mullett]

Compared to other simillarly priced setups, how good is the Wolf? Ease of programming, power, function etc. It will be used to run a 4A GZE first, then a 7A-GTE. I've heard good things about them, but also that it can be hard to find people to tune them...oh, and it comes with a modified dizzy to run coilpacks on 20v...

RM.

[4agte]

i have one on my gze its a pretty cool peice of gear i have ther ver 4 plus with hand controller my gze made alot more power with it.
You say that the dizzy is modified is that modified to work with the wolf as you will have problems getting a signal from the 4agze dizzy unless its been modified or you get a little black box from wolf to do it.

edit: it allowed me to set when i wanted the s/c to kick in at what load or throttle position and i got rid of the pesky afm and speed limiter but alot of other ecus can do the same thing

[gemtoy]

I helped setup a few wolf V4 3D with missing tooth crank triggers. The manuals you get don't show everything which is a pain. We spent a lot of time trying to get help from Wolf itself and eventually got it running. There service is definately not upto the standard of Motec but the price is a lot less. If you get someone who knows how to set these up you should be fine. Once it is running it will be the same as any other ecu.

[chris davey]

I found the setup of the ecu to do ignition timing was difficult. Never got it to work in the end even with help from people on here and the signal conditioning box. I found the tech support to be pretty terrible in most cases. Ring them and no answer or email and not get a response.

Once the thing is working I am sure it would be fine but for me I couldn’t get it to work and even the wolf distributor around here wasn’t much help.

[mullett]

Hmmm...that's not sounding promising...The dizzy was for a 20V, modified to run individual coil packs. Is there much involved in modifying a dizzy to do this? Sounds easier to run the coilpacks and be done with it.

RM.

[4agte]

i dont believe modifying the dizzy was complicated i think they just ground off most of the teeth

[mullett]

hahaha...brilliant. I spoke to a few tuners today, didn't hear much good about them. Hard to tune, don't hold a tune well...etc. Might go with a microtech, wire it in myself etc.

RM.

[chris davey]

FYI I am going with a microleb also

[rob1]

Interesting. I am in a similar boat and have decided on the Haltech.

[4agte]

hahaha...brilliant. I spoke to a few tuners today, didn't hear much good about them. Hard to tune, don't hold a tune well...etc. Might go with a microtech, wire it in myself etc.

RM.

dont hold a tune.... how can it not hold a tune when its programmed into memory?

[chris davey]

I never had a problem with my wolf holding a tune. The only thing was that when I put the lights on and the voltage dropped the a/f would change because I hadn't setup the voltage correction. That was a bit annoying.

[WindeX]

Havent had any problems with mine, I havent fiddled at all yet, but its been running my 3sge celica for about 6 months now. I also got the ver 4 +, not that I am using any of the power yet.

[mullett]

yeah, it's now coming to a toss up. Spoke to our local wolf agent a while ago, he seems pretty confident in the product, and a nice guy to boot. Willing to help with the setup and suchforth as well, recommend him. www.proformance.com.au

RM.

[Big rob]

How much do Wolf 3D's go for? I am considering one for when i go straight LPG, seems fine for just controlling the timing and a couple of other things.

[Starfire]

If you want something just for timing there are a lot of cheaper options. I hear mixed reports of the Wolf but they seem pretty good.

The rotary guys around here love them...