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I run the 1407 manual choke 750cfm Edelbrock carb on my mildly built 360 Duster and it runs great. Fattened the primary rods alittle to lean it out, adjusted the mixture screws and bumped the intial timing up to 18 degrees.

I agree.. The edelbrock carbs tend to want a lot (more) of initial spark advance at idle.
You need to recurve your distributor mechanical advance curve, especially if you have a larger than stock cam in the motor. More initial at idle+ less mechanical advance travel +34-36deg total timing at high rpm WOT.