Stroker engine "diesels" after I shut it down

As several people have said, idle is too high or the throttle is open too far.

That is why some car companies started to put electrical anti-dieseling throttle stops on the cars.

When ignition was off, the plunger was all the way in and the throttle was totally closed.

When the ignition was turned on, the plunger went out putting the throttle at the idle postion.

So when you turned the engine off, the throttle fully closed and shut off all air getting thru the carb, so any fuel still being sucked thru the jets had no air to combine with.

I don't buy into "high idle" issue. My car is a stick & idles at 12-1300rpm. No converter to lug it down. True 10.13 to 1, ported iron head & pump gas. Does not "diesel" ever. I do agree it could be something with initial timing or carb not set right. I assume the cam was properly degreed in. That can have drastic affects on performance & idling.

All good points made here! I think in addition to a high idle, there has to be a hot spot or hot carbon to act as a glow plug. Also, as Oldmanmopar stated, a lean running, hot engine (with probably a decent amount of carbon buildup) is a perfect storm for dieseling, IMO. A big, fat-running Holley with a polished piston top and combustion chamber edges smoothed, polished and rounded off and little to no carbon build up, yeah....maybe it'll never diesel. If your car is running @ 210+ degrees coolant temp, I'd bet it would even contribute to dieseling. I'll bet you "thinly-veiled race car on the street" guys keep your coolant temps low like 180, right?