Ran the "low dollar 318" in the Duster today

Yeah, they crave timing.
But the humor me adjustment was just to prove the t-port sync was off. After it's proved, you have to figure out what to do about it.
you very well could be right, this carb was on a 400 big block I had in a truck, and it worked flawlessly on that. I just put it on here, never did anything with the jets, or anything else. working with the weather, I'll get to more of in depth tuning.... after all, it's in the 318 race on my other thread :D