Why so much inital timing???

I'm curious how you came to 9.7:1 compression? Punching everything in you came up with on Compression Ratio Calculator - Wallace Racing gives me 10.67:1.

I used this one- RSR Static Compression Ratio Calculator and used positive 7.5 cc's for the piston valve reliefs and -.015" for deck height since the pistons are out of the hole. It seems backwards, but that's the way the calculators work. The calculator I used doesn't take the larger bore diameter of the head gasket into consideration though. The wallace one does and produces 9.64 with my numbers. Either way, the SCR I get is 9.6-9.7:1, depending on the calculator. Obviously, the 0.1 difference is lost in the noise.

As for carb. If you got a 750 double pumper around. Give that a shot on there. You might be pleasantly surprised.

You think??? Even though the venturi and throttle bore sizes are the same as the proform? It'll be interesting to test when I go to the track. I've got a wideband to help get them both tuned well enough before the track shootout.