318 Idle Questions

Awesome, thanks everyone. I'm pretty sure there is going to be some sort of vacuum leak somewhere, probably in the carb gaskets. The idle screws twist out pretty far while still giving some benefit to idle. But I think that will be phase two of this process.

It's good to hear that the RPM should potentially be able to reach 1200 with the vacuum disconnected and using just the idle screw. I was concerned, for a moment, that I was trying to adjust to something that wasn't even possible.

As far as my timing, the spec sheet I found says 2.5 ATC. I think, though, that I'm going to advance the timing to the point of pinging and then back it off. Or would 2.5 ATC be better? I found the info here: http://www.tpocr.com/dodge1.html