Too much timing???

Do I understand this correctly; in both cases, after it got hot, the timing went to 40*, from 35* at over 3000?Even tho you changed the base timing?So really, all your work accomplished was to pull up the initial.
I have to ask; are you reving it high enough to set the initial, or stopping around 2500.
To me this almost sounds like the dizzy has a 2-stage spring kit in it: the first all in at 2500, but the second not all in, until further up the rev range.
What do you suppose might happen with the timing set cold, at the current 17/35, if you rev it to say 4500? What Ima thinkin, is that it stops at 35* @2500, but pulls in another 5* between 2500 and 4500;even cold!. Do you think that is possible?

The reason I ask, is cuz I have a curve similar to that in my 367. I have 28* by 2800, and then another 6* or so coming in later, by 3600IIRC. This allows me to bring in a ton of Vacuum advance(22*), like a total of 48/50 at 2800 for part throttle cruising. Smooths her right out, gives plenty of PT torque, and no pinging on 87e10.It's a great curve for a hi-compression street engine.

It seems more like it wants to add 4 or 5 degrees over 3k. When it was at 35 to went to 40 when it was at 34 it went to 38. I'd bet if it was at 30 it would be 34/35 and 38 would be 42/43. I have taken it past 3k in the past and it never jump up like it is now. Cold and hot is subjective... I let it get a little temp (120ish) before giving it a rev tune and checking it (that's what I'm calling cold) Take it for a drive, gets up to 180ish and recheck it and that's when it jumps the extra 4 degrees. It runs great, no pinging or anything. I get the two stage spring idea but if it its locked with 18 degrees would that limit the max on it? Here is a picture of how to adjust it.