So I took the carb apart just now and guess what I found in the fuel bowl? Metal debris. small as a grain of sand but no smaller. just enough to....keep the needles from closing. Which would also explain why I had to adjust the idle a few times after this all started. Will update with the results.

It is aluminum. not steel. One thing i didnt mention was the car tried to go through the garage over the weekend. Just trying to get it back in there at idle-low throttle and whoomp 4k. came within about 2 feet of the inside back wall. I checked everything after shut off and found nothing. No stuck throttle cable. This all tells me that it has to be whats in the fuel bowl right now.