Ha! Right there with you!! I installed it the minute it was delivered, like a kid playing under the Christmas tree
Hahaha I spent all work thinking "Do I really need this job?" "I can just quit now and be home 2 hours earlier to install it".
I did install it last night and I'll make a longer review of it but here are my first impressions with about 100 miles on it thus-far...
First of all the price was ~$428 with the cable shipped. Shipping was fast and it showed up a day early. Upon opening the package my initial thought was "wow this looks cheap". It is definitely a cheap plastic exterior but that's not a big problem to me. Install was a joke. I had it installed in less than 10 minutes start to finish. (Also I'm amazed at how much easier the car is to work on then the MK4/5/6 cars). Anyways I started it up and drove for about 10 minutes slowly feeding boost in. My first WOT pull was a 2nd-4th run with my kid brother in the car. It definitely put a smile on our faces that's for sure. The best way I can describe the car now is it's like a stock power-band but with just "more". Off boost drive-ability is the exact same which leads me to believe the unit does nothing when off boost (can someone confirm). This unit would be a 10/10 for someone who wants a stock feeling car with much more push. For someone like me, the JB1 is only a bandaid until the real tunes are out that change the whole powerband. Again my only gripes with the JB1 is that it does not give the gains that a full-tune will and for someone like me, it will not be enough longterm.
In conclusion:
JB1 is a 10/10 for someone wanting a stock feeling car that is much faster.
JB1 is an 8/10 for me ONLY knocking points off for the fact that it is not a real tune with increases to drive-ability off boost.
For the money this is a fantastic unit that you can install and remove in less than 10 minutes for warranty work and that is wear it shines. I am happy with it, but I will be buying a real tune when they are available for my ECU code. If JB4 comes out I will probably go with that.
Also I can say that these cars fall into the category of cars that are faster than they feel. See there's car that feel faster than they really are (Turbo Miatas) and there's cars that are faster than they feel (BMW 335i, Mk7). Because the powerband is very non-dramatic, you don't get the same seat of your pants feel as some other cars but in the end you are going much quicker than your mind thinks you are. The highway on ramp that I take (Empty 24/7) is the only thing I have to get consistent data. Normally I can get up to ~82-84 by the end, with the JB1 I am close to reaching 100 probably ~98mph. The car is much faster.
