360 engine

What is meant by 'correct' here? If stock, per the factory, that may not be good enough. Stock timing in the smog era engines was retarded for emission purposes and that, plus higher temp t-stat's (also for emissions purposes) resulted in dieseling becoming more and more of a problem. Anti-dieseling solenoids were added to many carbs as a band-aid to fix this.

The other thought is that the secondary stop screw is not set right. That may force you to set the primary too far open and allow the dieseling problem.
I set the timing where engine was dynoed at! my engine builder put a mark on the balancer and I set that approx. 3000 rpm to "0" which is about 12 degrees at Idle! I will see if I can find a secondary stop screw on my Quick Fuel SS750 carb!