Can guarantee with 100% certaintly that if we end up with an extra degree of timing at certain point in a run we will melt parts..But thats what happens when you are in an all out venture. We add timing on a run, a LOT of timing in lower gears. If for some reason we end up with to much in high gear the engine is very unhappy. The amount of fuel we run in the engine combined with its octane and will defintely hurt parts with to much, Yep even a degree or two will kill parts.
To add to this, a friend of mine has run a grudge racing turned LDR car in our local heads up series for the last decade or so, it was a 23* conventional SBC with a few kits for a while, then moved to a big block with a couple foggers. A degree of timing on his combo was sometimes the difference of a clean pass or an oil pan smashing wheelie. Stuff on the ragged edge is really that sensitive!
Low compression and low output is totally different, it's got a tuning window you can drive a truck through, lol
