Opinions on low end 360?

Forget about back pressure.
Inhale deeply, exhale through a straw. Now do 20 jumping jacks, and repeat. Continue until you die. Works same on engine. Forget back pressure.

TQ is a great carb, but not exactly for your stated goals. The small primaries will work wonderfully for/with a small short-period cam, but the secondaries are way overkill. I must confess tho. that I have made them run pretty good on stock-cammed teeners.

If you wanna roast the hides tho, a mechanical secondary carb is the way to go. But if you are gonna put skinnies back there, than a 2bbl will roast those.

Ok, I'll try to find a pair of better manifolds than the truck irons that I have.

I agree the TQ secondaries are too big, but what better option do I have? I don't want to use a Holley double pumper for this application - good for idle and WOT but not for cruising, and I don't like Eddies - we don't like each other. There's probably a 2bbl out there that would do a great job, but I don't know what to look for, and if I find it I'll be limited when it comes to intakes.