I disagree. With a good cam in a rebuilt engine, we ran D4nny8oys car and found that at around 1.2 bar of boost the engine was at its best. Raising the boost any higher generated high EGT's and NO more power. We came to the conclusion that the Exhaust housing was the restriction and it makes perfect sense.

I have to say that a 99mph terminal, in my opinion, isn't condusive with a proper 210bhp/226lbft car.

Also, management-wise, Jamie said himself the other day that there is no power to be made from one mappable management system to another and he is quite right to say that. In essence power is a combination of Air/Fuel/Boost/Spark and those things won't actually change whether its a £500 ECU or a £2000 ECU, what will change, however, is how effectively that ECU operates and consequently how 'friendly' the car is to tune. Each tuner has the preferences of what they map and we have tried most. In our experience, you REALLY do get what you pay for in most cases. With only one exception, we find that the low-priced ECU's are not as nice to map as the more expensive ones and as a result the map won't be as accurate and thorough.

I am good friends with Nick Thomas and have respect for Jamie, but I will make no secret of the fact that I DO NOT believe that his car could have ever made 257bhp on that standard engine/turbo on our Dyno. Or, let's put it another way, I don't believe that his car could have made within 100bhp of mine on the same day on our Dyno. That's not me gloating about mine, I am more referring to it as a comparison. Looking at it another way, if I took my car to the dyno that measured his at 257bhp, I think mine would have made more than 350bhp.

I think the subsequent gains were marginal by comparison, given the mods carried out, and most probably go further to discredit that original run if you ask me.