Try and get a copy of HOT4s No.51 (DEC 99) as this has a big story about
putting the Unichip on a 200SX.
Daniel
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From: Pete & Kath Liebig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Friday, 31 March 2000 2:41
Subject: Wolf, Motec or Unichip?
>Terry,
>
>Fair enough. Although the Autronic that Errol the Feral one mentioned
sounds
>good. Be interesting to see what it's worth.
>
>I've been considering one of those Unichip boxes. I thought they looked
>highly suss at first, but the more I hear about them the more I like them.
>This is what was explained to me: they just go between the factory ECU and
>the igniter/injectors. You back the dizzy off 10 degrees, then the ECU
>functions as per normal, but the Unichip grabs the signal between the ECU
to
>the igniter and delays it as required to modify the timing. Same sort of
>deal for the injectors - Unichip grabs the injector pulse and modifies the
>width as required.
>
>And you get to keep the niceties of the factory EFI - cold start, closed
>loop operation for economy and reliable smooth idling. Given that the SR
has
>got a pretty reasonable ECU from the factory this option looks quite
>attractive.
>
>Anyone know anything about these things - even better, anyone tried one?
>
>'later
>PL
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Terry & Heather
>Sent: Tuesday, 28 March 2000 1:06
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Wolf or motec
>
>Pete,
>Maybe "better" is not the correct word - more like imho the Wolf is a bit
>more
>user friendly for an sob to work out, although they tell me there is a new
>Autronics unit about to come out that's supposed to be idiot proof. From
>what
>i've found with messing around with them a bit and might i add usually on
>cars
>that are not running real well, the Wolf unit seems to give pretty good
>results
>for the street. What i have noticed with these things is that certain
brands
>seem to suit a certain engine and sometimes not even manufacturer specific.
>I
>have only tried to get an FJt to at least run reasonably with an autronics
>unit
>a while back and it just was so difficult especially as i was about the
10th
>person to have a go at it; yet we plugged in a Wolf 3D into a Cressida
Wagon
>with a 7MGTE (what a sleeper 300+hp) and it ran near perfectly on the
>recommended default program for the engine.
>
>terry
>
>Pete & Kath Liebig wrote:
>
>> Terry,
>>
>> You reckon Wolf is better than Autronic??? I must say I'm surprised at
>that
>> one! I guess it depends which model we are speaking about too...
>>
>> PL
>>
>
>
>
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