Cheers ! :thumbup:
Thats all I wanted to know at this point - that this was something tuners were taking into consideration whilst developing maps.
You are also right: I have not ran any maps on my car with the timing retarded as I thought there must be a reason why no tuners are doing this and you have explained that, so thanks!
At the moment my car just runs a map with 2 or 3 more IQ across some of the rev range to give a smoother delivery, standard RP and with the timing advanced a degree at medium requsts and a couple of degrees at higher requests. It works well, nice to drive, nothing special... that was just more of an FYI really :)