I thought it was dental floss!?!?! LOL.

Locking the timing can solve many issues. But it can create others.. there's ways around those too..
As said, you need to establish a baseline and control what's happening, through the entire curve / rpm range.
So when you say it's running like a pig, is this at idle? or cruising at 1800 - 2000?

Like I said - make a change, note it, and note the results.. that way you can explain to us what's happening and you can un-do those things that have bad results. Jerry has a lot of experience with supercharged motors, so lean heavily on him while you can.