All my pump gas stuff is 160. All of it. They aren’t drag cars, they are street cars. Again, it’s in the build and the tune. I do not build less than 11:1 pump gas engine. It’s a waste of power. And more.
Sounds to me like your definition of "street car" is a lot more like "weekend warrior" than actual street car.
What octane is that "pump gas", and can you get it from the gas station on the corner? Is that 11:1 with iron heads? What's the dynamic compression or cranking PSI?
How many miles a week do you put on your street cars? At what elevation? At what air temperatures?
I think your advice is entirely too specific to your build. Because the reality is that won't work for every build, and saying it will is bad advice.