ok, drove up and did my 3rd gear pull now with 4* more timing over the previous setup:
still zero knock
now 92% IDC peak
I decided to do another g-tech with a lame 1st gear roll out, but I didn't hit the limiter and my lift to shift was faster.
g-tech
60' 2.65

1/8 8.49 @ 98.45
1/4 12.40 @ 129.16
here's the DLL 570! and there's clearly more in it, this new setup is blowing me away, I didn't think it would make THAT much difference on 93 octane.