Are you planning on running it chokeless or manual choke? I have a TQ with no choke on one of the cars here and it is very tricky engine to start cold.
I fought that also on my Magnum headed 360 with the dual plane M1. Ended up building a mount for a choke off an aftermarket TQ. Seems to work good, haven't have to pop the hood to get it started since I got it working. Not going to pretend it is perfect, but it was kind of fun and got the job done.