After the remap and FMIC were fitted it was a totally different car. I would have to agree about the standard mapping, its piss poor!! Afterwards there were hardly any noticable flat spots and it pulled like a train

got the PD130 to about 300lbs/ft torque if I remember rightly which was more than enough. Clutch handled it fine too, only slipped once briefly under heavy load but that was it.
Ah right ok sorry mate lol and no I don't believe in tuning boxes. I had a guy argue blind with me once that his tuning box in his Fabia VRS would give it as much power as my remapped beeth.... funny enough he wouldn't put his money where his mouth was