Part of what's kind of buried in this long thread is that in the midst of this, I installed a new Indigo Ignition system the day before the transmission adjustments. So, new plugs (old not fouled), wires, cap, infrared rotor, coil and microprocessor controller.
http://www.atomic4.com/ignition.html
Some might argue, "there you go, new ignition, better rpms." But, I did my rpm tests after that new ignition and it was the same. The engine just starts instantaneously now instead of turning over a few times. The new ignition did not affect my rpms.
So, I guess I'm leaning on "something in the engine got knocked off" for now. Anyway, I'm glad to have the rpms so no complaint there. It's just an enigma how I got them.
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