question for the more intelligent

Remove the distributor. It'll make your life so much easier. As long as you don't pull out the oil pump drive gear, the distributor can only go in two ways. Just make note of where the rotor is ponting and where the vacuum can is pointed and that should get you close enough to fire it up. Once it's running, time it with a timing light and you'll be ready to go.

I agree with fishy regarding the idle mixture screws except I just adjust for max vacuum and leave it there. As far as any other carb adjustments on the Edelbrock (it is an Edelbrock carb, right?) I'm not your man as I'm a Holley guy, but I'm sure someone else will chime in.