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I am very happy with the Wolf 3D plug-in myself. Do a search on both ecu's and you will find a wealth of information.

If you have a R32 why change you ecu, just get it rechipped? Even though i am very pleased with the wolf, it can never run as smoothly as the factory ecu. My problem was that R33 are not programmable.

i disagree that aftermarket ecu's can never run as smoothly as factory ones.

all you need is a good ecu, very competent tuner, and the money to keep going back for fine tuning.

afterall... factory ecu's are programmed by humans too... the only difference is that your average car manufacturer has a team of professionally educated boffins trained to tune their motors and the money to pay them.

if only your average joe was so lucky.

Well I think that aftermarket ECUs can run as well as stock ones, but if you go modding too much eventually idle and low rpm will suffer - not much you can do about it as things like bigger cams, injectors, penums optimised for higher rpm etc - it all adds up, which is something alot of people dont seem to realise when they head down the mod path.

I am quite sure someone will tell me about a beast of a car that totally disproves the above, but it is just what I have seen and experienced -

0.182c not including GST:)

OK, i felt this topic too open.

What i ment was that Millions of dollars are spent by the manufacturers to make an ecu run the engine and other parts, IN STANDARD FORM, really smoothly. This includes, cold, warm and hot start ups, fuel economy, a/c, and a whole lot of other shit.

I am very pleased with the running of my ecu and have no further problems, but with a R32 on can modify just the required areas/fields of the map to receive a VERY similar result.

Just my 2c

Alan

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it all comes down to application...for street, the factory chipped computer will always be the best value for money...and i hear what Turbo titts is saying; finetuning that takes place at teh factory has to take place at a workshop paid hourly by you to acheive the same or better results...the one and only thing that will always sway my mind back to the aftermarket is the resolution. -that also affects my choice of comp....but always, the resolution will be the defining factor of how thoroughly you CAN tune it. money money money......all that money....

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