Mod Reversal?

[slappy]

It's been said many times, taking the exup out gets rid of the mid range, would appear yours is proof of that.
A well set up gen 1 with ivans and an exup has plenty low/mid range grunt and not many have any complaints about it

He has a gen2 according to his profile, exup doesn`t make much difference.
The gen2 only makes about 70 lb/ft torque and that is at about 9000 revs in standard trim, a gen1 makes about 75 at around 7500 in standard trim.
If you want to get the best out of a gen2 with mods then its dyno time and a custom fuel map to suit your mods.