Stop in for a cup of coffee

454 may be running better. Says he checked egr. Ya,vacuum hose connected directly to ported vacuum wtf? So it opens whenevr you tromp on it. Will see about dialing it in tomorrow. Carb cleaned and replaced. At least that part is done.
I ran Rat motors in Tool trucks for years. Pretty good stuff. My hot rod was a 454 I built with headers, a Comp Cam, Edelbrock intake, and new Qjet. It ran pretty good in a tool truck! (with a 400 turbo and a 4:10 gear with 8R-19.5 tires) For a tool truck) LOL