OK, I got the carb off last night and pulled the jets out to verify the base combo I'm working with. As I was surprised with the rods being changed, so were the jets. I had .104 main jets, combining this with the rods, I found this combination on the Edelbrock calibration chart and this combo represente two steps lean on the cruise mode and three steps lean on the power mode!


Now, would that cause a lean off idle condition? I'm probably going to start from scratch at this point and begin as recommended above, new spark plugs and reset base timing (MP electronic ignition so no points)and set the carb at baseline, or possibly a step or two rich.
or is there a better place to start other than the baseline factory settings?
I'm still thinking I probably need to move up to the .043 acc pump nozzles from the .035s on there now