Carburetor Question - Is this a good call?

OK. so. plate installed. I figured this would happen and it did.. car doesn't run because the carb has been adjusted to run with that plate on it that was choking the primaries. I need to do (and learn how to do) a full adjustment.

It fires up, runs VERY high like i'm at WOT and immediately craps out. Then hard hard start and repeat - very high WOT sounding and craps. I think its getting flooded and now its time to learn how to get this carb adjusted.

This doesnt surprise me - with the plugs fowled up in a way that seems too much gas, and the carbon on the exhaust pipe ends, as well as the 0.5MPG I always figured its getting too much gas. Now that its set up correctly it doesnt want to run...

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