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Thank you for all the detailed info, @mrgmhale. I've got a lot of things to look into. A few thoughts as I ran the car yesterday. It seems to be running a little better "on its own" this weekend in that it's not dying/struggling at idle so much and it hasn't backfired through carb or exhaust...

Thanks, seems like a good idea. Maybe add a fuel pressure gauge too. Might as well have more information available all the time!

The plate looks homemade and is not very thick, maybe a quarter inch. Not thick enough to be a spread bore adapter. I thought maybe it was to add a little bit of height so that the ram air seals to the hood piece? I haven't removed yet, but will take pics when I do. The idle solenoid is...

Wow, that would be amazing. Thank you so much! Yeah, there's definitely no solenoid on the throttle. I was curious how that would prevent dieseling and found this YouTube that explains it: So, I can see how lack of that can cause what I see. I'm kind of glad to see that it's "expected" to some...

Thanks, good idea on fresh gas, it's pretty low now and was planning to do full tank of 93 and got a bottle of techron fuel cleaner to "clean" the carb (not sure how much that will accomplish). So, per the other suggestions here, I pulled a couple plugs, the #1 and #2. Was struggling to get...

I bought from a father/son classic car dealer in Miami (who had multiple storage units with amazing stuff. Pic below) and they got from PO in Iowa. I think that guy just needed to sell for some cash. I found ad on Ebay and flew down to see and test drive it, then had it shipped up here. Based on...

Thanks, that sounds like the way to go and what I've been moving towards the more I learn. And, that should include carb clean and rebuild with kit right? Or should I try the other stuff first? I'm a little nervous of making things worse talking it all apart and back together, but learning and...

Bought a 73 Q code, 4 speed manual a month ago. Been wanting a 71-73 for over 20 years. This one is very clean overall, but not idling great. Coughs through the carb sometimes, has done a few loud backfires while driving, sometimes will die at idle on its own, has done a little bit of dieseling...