Originally Posted by tabetha

Having spoken to someone who does the alpha stuff, it seesm they are unwilling to supply a software disc, and say "the ecu has been mapped for each car to run perfectly straight out of the box".
Never in a million years will this happen, even 10 standard engines will each benefit from a slight tweak here and there.
The cold starting is actually a very hard part to get right, mostly as the tuner only has one stab, then it's no longer cold.
Your best and cheapest bet is a visit to a webber alpha dealer for some RR work, a lot of people don't like webber alpha for this very reason, I've seen a direct test on a supplied kit for the exact engine it was on compared with a alternative ecu fully mapped, a new loom/patch lead had to be made to suit the different ecu, the difference must have been noticebale, the owner asked if anyone wanted to buy a webber alpha kit, as he took away the new ecu fully mapped.
It's not the webber alpha is a bad kit by any means but it's ridiculous to suggest it's right for all right out of the box, you will benefit from mapping.
tabetha