JUBU and other topics, a combo thread

[Steve24]

Just saying, I’m seeing some pretty jingoistic posts in this thread.

Hard to believe for some, but there are people in other parts of the world beyond your own who also know what they’re doing.

I’ll judge JUBU and anyone else I choose to deal with by my own experiences, thanks.

 

[seriously]

Probably because you didn't know they exist. Reach out to Kevin (owner). They're backlogged for builds right now as far as I know though.

They just expanded to a much larger shop so hopefully some more headroom soon.

Their post recent major project:

On a side note, that car looks like a handful! Driving a massively boosted mid engined car is not for the faint of heart.

 

[SaudiStig]

Good discussion. Here is my take on this from slightly different prospective.
People tend to support their choices and decisions which is normal to see, and I 'm no different. And that's the beauty of the forums. At the end everyone is entitled to make his own decision, the way he feels best.

Being far away from US and Europe, things can get challenging here when it comes to resourcing parts and/or services.
While we have some decent local shops and engine builders etc, for me it is better to get beyond the try and error and get something that has already been seen, tested and fixed multiple times. So, the end resulted parts are less likely to fail when I install it.

When it comes to light mods like intake or exhaust, there are plenty choices with some great vendors here, but when it comes to engine builds, it is not that straight forward. Not taking any side, but from where I stand, JUBU seemed to have the best packages available for high power output builds with some serious track activities to back up their parts.

The Alaska situation surely got me worried, but I'm moving forward with the package JUBU530 hoping they have learned a valuable lesson, and I will make sure to focus on the fuel here when it is time to test. This is also why I was really keen to see responses from unhappy customers here and there in the forums with JUBU, it is beneficial as it gives you some idea what is happening and set some of your expectations, regardless of who is wrong or right.

So far things have been really positive with JUBU in terms of communication, ordering parts and running the car with the JUBU460 package. If things go south, I will share that as well. Modding the Emira was my goal before I even got the car, do I expect to have trouble free journey? I will try my best to minimize that, but it will be a journey with ups and downs. Hopefully more ups than downs  .

 

[NJemira85]

Good discussion. Here is my take on this from slightly different prospective.
People tend to support their choices and decisions which is normal to see, and I 'm no different. And that's the beauty of the forums. At the end everyone is entitled to make his own decision, the way he feels best.

Being far away from US and Europe, things can get challenging here when it comes to resourcing parts and/or services.
While we have some decent local shops and engine builders etc, for me it is better to get beyond the try and error and get something that has already been seen, tested and fixed multiple times. So, the end resulted parts are less likely to fail when I install it.

When it comes to light mods like intake or exhaust, there are plenty choices with some great vendors here, but when it comes to engine builds, it is not that straight forward. Not taking any side, but from where I stand, JUBU seemed to have the best packages available for high power output builds with some serious track activities to back up their parts.

The Alaska situation surely got me worried, but I'm moving forward with the package JUBU530 hoping they have learned a valuable lesson, and I will make sure to focus on the fuel here when it is time to test. This is also why I was really keen to see responses from unhappy customers here and there in the forums with JUBU, it is beneficial as it gives you some idea what is happening and set some of your expectations, regardless of who is wrong or right.

So far things have been really positive with JUBU in terms of communication, ordering parts and running the car with the JUBU460 package. If things go south, I will share that as well. Modding the Emira was my goal before I even got the car, do I expect to have trouble free journey? I will try my best to minimize that, but it will be a journey with ups and downs. Hopefully more ups than downs  .

Good luck to you. Would be awesome to hear of a successful outcome by JUBU. You’d have to think it’s possible…

 

[hellasf1]

Good discussion. Here is my take on this from slightly different prospective.
People tend to support their choices and decisions which is normal to see, and I 'm no different. And that's the beauty of the forums. At the end everyone is entitled to make his own decision, the way he feels best.

Being far away from US and Europe, things can get challenging here when it comes to resourcing parts and/or services.
While we have some decent local shops and engine builders etc, for me it is better to get beyond the try and error and get something that has already been seen, tested and fixed multiple times. So, the end resulted parts are less likely to fail when I install it.

When it comes to light mods like intake or exhaust, there are plenty choices with some great vendors here, but when it comes to engine builds, it is not that straight forward. Not taking any side, but from where I stand, JUBU seemed to have the best packages available for high power output builds with some serious track activities to back up their parts.

The Alaska situation surely got me worried, but I'm moving forward with the package JUBU530 hoping they have learned a valuable lesson, and I will make sure to focus on the fuel here when it is time to test. This is also why I was really keen to see responses from unhappy customers here and there in the forums with JUBU, it is beneficial as it gives you some idea what is happening and set some of your expectations, regardless of who is wrong or right.

So far things have been really positive with JUBU in terms of communication, ordering parts and running the car with the JUBU460 package. If things go south, I will share that as well. Modding the Emira was my goal before I even got the car, do I expect to have trouble free journey? I will try my best to minimize that, but it will be a journey with ups and downs. Hopefully more ups than downs  .

Yea it reminds me of the shit show we had with our first group buy. All the cars didn’t run as advertised, it was during their summer break too, so it was perfect storm.

They corrected the problem and it’s been great for me and some others as well. When I went to the 460 a year later first dyno run, perfect no issues. So I think we are good moving forward but will see. So I think when it’s the first there is always risks of issues. I as well plan on the 530 with weight savings, I’m not going 600 CS. I know the 530 has been out longer and they have more customers in Europe with that over the 600 CS.

Again here is to hoping it’s more ups than downs when it’s time to go to the next stage with JUBU.