Thermoquad tuning on 318

Bewy said
I gave you some tips in your other post. Did you check those out? Happy to help, but not when you advise folks to check things.....& they don't. That wastes my time & everybody elses'.
[1] off idle stumble. Engine idling, gently close the choke until the engine sound changes. Wire/lock the choke blade in this position. Test drive. If stumble is better or gone, mixture is lean.
[2] Sec bog. Does the dash pot [ pass side, rear of carb ] pull in at idle? If not, it is defective. It can still be defective if it pulls in if it is old. Rubber inside goes hard & is slow to release.
To test: remove connecting link & wind up AV spring to 3 turns. Test drive.

Report back with results.

I currently don't have the choke installed on the carb, although I could put it on for this. I went through the other tips on your post: no leak through the boosters, set timing to your recommendation for the moment. Sorry If I didn't make that clear

RustyRatRod said
Maybe pull in to 16 initial and drive it. As long as the engine continues to idle up as you pull in timing it's wanting more. You may of course have to readjust the idle speed when you raise the initial timing. It's needing more initial timing because it's trying to inhale a bigger gulp of air through a better flowing intake and carburetor.

I was wondering why it seemed to want a lot more timing...I'll give that a try, although probably won't have time to mess with it till wednesday.

Thanks for the help everyone. No idea what I would do otherwise