Looks like I never posted that this issue was resolved...thought I had. I scritped the tune and changed to the newest OS and it ran flawlessly...HOWEVER, ran the same 1/4 speed showing same rail and (now) more pulse in the log.
2300uS to 3000uS is a big jump in fuel and would cause a noticible reduction in ET. I made follow up 1/4 passes that were the same ET and trap MPH.
I suspect there was an error in the scan tool or the way it was logging my data, which caused the logged data to be incorrect.
Really drove me crazy all day long at the track, there seems to be no issues with the latest public release of everything (V7.5, V8, EFI Explorer, firmwares, and bootblocks).