Yes I bring in the cl-ol sooner. Actually lower depending on the customer fuel economy needs and especially for the autos, a little lower.
The lost in power is greater on the low octane gas. Running this gas had require a new tune completely. Ignition as much of 9-10 degrees are pulled to keep things safe from a full tune on the high octane gas. 98 and 95 is used. The 95 seems more like 88 to me.
VVL always come on when the map switches. That is around a load avg of 1.5+ but that is not always so. There seems to be a little lag sometimes for a shift. Sometimes 3200+, other time as low as 2600+. SO nothing totally consistent to my knowledge based on the logs of this car. We will see in coming logs.