Yup, you are explaining setting the choke to close (tap pedal once or twice) then after startup you tap the pedal once again to "kickdown" the idle. Its nice being old and remembering how carbureted cars work, LOL! P.S. and I aint that old really, I have been playing around with cars since teenager years though LOL! :)
Also keep in mind that the carb has to be working correctly to accurately set timing. You may have to tweak the carb, and set timing and do this a couple of times to get it right. I had a 318 with a mild cam and 600 Holley. I had the choke wired full open, the car would start cold every time, I cant explain why, but it did and I never set the choke up on the carb, it needed a hand cable or an electric setup and I never added it on. I didn't run the car in the winter though who knows what it would have done in frigid temps.
