Carburetor Question - Is this a good call?

Damn NGK numbers...from what I can find (NGK sent me two power sports catalogue instead of an automotive catalog...I should be getting the automotive catalog in a week or two) your plug crosses to a Champion RN11YC. If so, that may be a bit cold unless you are running 10.5:1 or more compression with a pretty big cam. I go at least a range hotter AFTER you get your carb situation straightened up. I'd also look for a plug that has a 5/8 hex rather than that 13/16 hex. The smaller hex is much nicer to use.

So you may want to see what a Champion RC14YC crosses to in an NGK and use that.

BTW, a platinum plug with an older ignition isn't always a good thing. They are harder to fire and if you are marginal on ignition that plug may be causing misfires because the ignition wasn't designed for that plug. You may not feel the missing, but it can happen.

A copper core plug is cheaper and much easier to fire. Yes, they require replacing at closer intervals, but you may be causing issues with a platinum plug you don't need.

Hey, YR, just to be clear for the OP, isn't a NGK GR4 plug already fairly hot??? (yeah, I hate NGK #'s too!) Doesn't seem like it would cross to a Champion 11, but these plug numbers scramble my brain. And I agree about the platinum plugs!!!! I had a 440 with stock Mopar ignition that I could never get running right until I finally pulled the new-ish platinum plugs and replaced them!!!

If this helps anyone:
"NGK plugs are colder the higher the number, hotter the lower the number. Starting with part # BKR6E-11 (heat range 6), a colder plug would # BKR7E-11 (heat range 7), a hotter plug would be # BKR5E-11 (heat range 5). For NGK Racing Plugs, the heat range is located AFTER the hyphen."

"NGK GR5 (one step colder than GR4)"