'68 Barracuda Notch

Well, as for your expectations, if you could time your 0-60, standing 1/4 mile ET and trap speed, etc, it will give a good baseline for expectations. Obviously it shouldn't ping, and if the timing is too far advanced (which is usually part of the problem if it's pinging), you won't have the acceleration it's capable of. Similarly, if you have mixture problems it won't run up to par.

The best thing you can do right now is go somewhere and establish baselines. Also get a timing light, find your initial and total timing, and figure out what all's done to your carb (or if it's untouched OOTB), then read those threads or start your own in the tech section with the specific conditions and symptoms you observe and go from there.

You'll probably get someone helping you within a day or less...just depends who all is hovering over their computer and willing to help.