small problem with the holley 350 on my slant 6

I think I have spark but haven't checked. I'll check into that tomorrow

No it wasn't raining saturday or sunday and everything was bone dry. as for "shooting back up out of the carb" I mean like a puff of smoke or could be gas mist, since i wasn't in front of the car to really tell. I ask my father to stand in front while i try and start the car.

distributor is brand new but I'll check into that tomorrow

float bowl vent baffle? first time I heard of it. I don't think i have that install. as for the gasket Im using the very thin gasket it came with. I have the two barrel intake with the adapter to fit the #2300 holley 350. are these the baffles?

I checked the float level through the side where a small nut bolt is and is right inline with the bottom opening of the hole. it seems to be at the right level and floats are freely floating (from what I can see through the little hole).

I do these test tomorrow and will let you know what happens