If he did have any 'starting' or 'reference' points, don't you think it'd make sense to take those from a stock ECU, and not a JWT ECU, to avoid things like what you are saying he did? Besides, all things that are improved upon undoubtly have likeness to the original, or other attempts (poorer ones, I might add) to improve the original.
Kez
"Pulled the blower fan down from behind the glovebox and there was a mouse nest inside the cage fan - mom and 6 babies. Mom was dead and the reason for the smell - petrifying fast - but the babies were hanging on. At least until I fed them to the cats." [ZXtaZTT - June 19, 2002]