I also know that an average ecu wont cost you horsepower, it just costs you driveability. We built what was at the time nz's fastest stagea (not sure if it still is).
It ran a reytec. It made pretty decent horsepower, but the ecu meant the driveability was shocking, it would randomly stumble on shifts and other annoying crap.
The tuner was very experienced, but it really tested his patience. With a better ecu, and more track time we felt there was an extra .4 to be found in the 1/4 mile without any more horsepower.