Originally Posted by Shaun

Whilst this is nothing to do with Crossroads (as in their fault) we all need to be aware of getting our cars checked out, regardless of whether they come from reputable dealers or not (and Crossroads would have not known about this, so I'm in no way passing any blame on to them).....

My mate has just bought a MY08 hatch from Crossroads - very nice car.

It had been insinuated that the car had an EcuTEK license on it, so I connected up my logging software to see what was going on. The results were quite alarming! To double check my concerns I advised my mate we'd take it up to PowerStation, get the wideband on it and double check it all.

1.52bar peak boost
1.4-1.3 mid range
.71 Lambda

This is a standard car which has already seen new pistons / rods under IM Warranty and still has the standard CATS on it.

Now... I don't know 100% who has mapped this (it would be an official EcuTEK dealer) but I have my suspicions who it was. Needless to say they shouldn't be allowed to be in charge of a laptop, let alone the ability to map peoples cars!

Running all that boost (which is a bad idea for starters) to get a paltry 300bhp - that's awesome!

Just beware chaps.