850 Carter Thermoquad flooding at low rpm

Newbomb Turk said

If the tune up is correct it will run at 1500 rpm until the cows come home or it runs out of fuel. And why would the oil smell like fuel?


I didn’t read the rest but I doubt I’d agree with how to find the best timing.

Edit: I read that mess and if you are suggesting to set cruise timing with no load that’s CrAzY nucking futs.

If that’s not what you are saying I apologize. Write it more clearly and try again.

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Just a follow up to my carb issues. I took the Dart to a local engine building shop and the tech took an interest. The nuts and bolts (with my limited skills to explain). He worked on my distributor for over an hour to give the big cam more advance at lower rpm. He suspected the car had low vacuum pressure at idle with the big cam causing the issue, and not dirt in the carb. He set the valves and made minor adjustments to the carb but never took it apart. I had the car for a 2 hour ride (at low rpm 45mph). No fuel dumping, idled great and will rip the tires off on take off. Car never worked better. Thanks for your insight that the car should work all day if set up properly. Cheers Ron D