MSD distributor guru

So, just what is bad about a degrees retard in the upper RPM's????

Answer: Proven for decades, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, in fact, it is a benefit.

I have been doing this stuff for only 43 years now (novice at it, compared to some of the new day "engineers"), and have built/modified just about every make and type distributor known to man, for street, and all out racing, of all types, so far. I also worked for Holley, at track carb tech, and built many "Split-Duals"
The testing that I have done shows that some motors like a couple more degrees after peak horse power or at least stay the same. Not saying there are not applications where the opposite may be true. Almost nothing is true for every motor and application. I feel like I'm hijacking the op's thread now. Sorry