Carter AFB 9636 ?

Hey Rumble thanks for replying, maybe we can put our heads together and figure out wth is wrong with this carb.

Basic engine set up -

just started up fresh rebuilt 318 bored 60, mopar 268/272 455 lift cam, CR is 9:1, 302 heads with 1.88/1.60's, bowl ported and intake runners opened up. Cam was broken in at 2500 rpm for 20 minutes.

Engine starts and runs but idle is horrible, I can see droplets of gas coming out of the main discharges on the primary booster venturies. Obviously the idle mixture screws dont do jack. So I tore it apart and did the following based on your info today:

I reset the floats to a hair over 5/16, about 11/32, float drop set to 15/16.

Flushed the emulsification tubes for the primaries and secondaries, flushed out the idle mixture passages etc. Checked for dirt on the needles - nothing, all looks fine.

I have an edelbrock strip kit with the rods and jets etc for their version of this carb.

Jets - .098 primary, 7347 rods, .095 secondary jets. Lowest vacuum rating step up spring 3 in hg.

I still cant get the idle mix screws to do anything and the fuel droplets are still coming out of the main discharge on the booster venturies.

I figure the following needs to be checked:

Fuel pressure should be 5-7 psi

Buy another carb kit and check the contents to see if something is wrong with the gaskets in the carb now.

If that doesnt check, then tear the carb down again and set the floats lower to Edelbrocks settings, and check the floats for leakage. I did that once before but maybe they got messed up. Flush the emulsification tubes and the idle mix screw holes again.

Anything you can think of I am missing ? I'm starting to grasp at straws on this thing.