I thought about this since you asked. It leaks a bit here and there. I think most of it is the front bowl fitting.

But it never has idled at all hardly. No adjustment etc. is fixing that. But.........when I was installing it on my good running 460 the other day I noticed that it was rocking when bolting it down. I think the base plate is warped. I never really thought to check that.....but if it was, it would make sense.

I seems to run decently outside of idle. I also picked up another parts carb that is the same model last fall. I'll get them together and see what I can come up with.

The car is fast (to me, rookie 440 guy) , in a mild DD type of way. I will say though, that I am sure I am leaving alot of HP on the table.

Today is driveline work and some wiring clean-up day. I have several of my students that are really into this thing. One of my freshmen can take the distributor apart and put it together on his own and do a good job of it. He has a lot of promise....