Reluctor Phasing

10-4. as of right now, the roll pin is in the corresponding slot to the correct arrow with the 2 lines, as it was in the beginning. your aforementioned order of switching the wires, observing that the spark pattern improved, and setting the timing last, thats exactly what i did. BUT, i had to set the static timing at -9 or it would severely over advance. now even though it was set at -9, the spark from rotor to cap stayed the same as it should, nice and short......if switching the wires was correct, how can i keep the timing from advancing 43 degrees instead of the 23 its supposed to? would the pickup read the trailing edge of the signal before the peak? causing another 20 degrees to be added?....that seems a little bonkers to me....and believe me, i double and triple checked that to make sure i wasnt losing my mind, and confirmed it when i switched the wires back. initial timing set at 11 degrees, for reference sake, no vacuum advance, wires switched, awesome rotor to cap spark pattern, i was at 54 degrees all in at 3500, wires back to original, sheisty rotor to cap spark pattern, 34 all in at 3500...this hurts my head.....