In my mind, the spark is stronger with smaller gap. It takes less energy to make the spark with smaller gap.
In other way, it needs richer air/fuel mixture to kill the spark when the gap is smaller.
Thats why i wanted to try reducing the gap, because we cant lean the air/fuel mixture, or make the ignition stronger at the moment.
Rode this weekend and switched back to stock plugs and sled ran terrible. Went back to the hotter plugs and all is good. Wish I remembered the feeler gauge and wish it was a warmer weekend and I would have tried playing with the gap. Maybe this weekend. On another note I had a customer call me this morning and he mentioned that Polaris has indeed released a new map. I cannot confirm if this is true but maybe a dealer on here can respond?