Performance timing

So richen the fuel mixer screws till i just start to hear the engine/idle start to slow down or see the vaccum gauge decrease in psi?

No.
Turn the distributor so you take 4* out of the curve.
Then adjust fuel mix incrementally to see if rpm picks up a little. Then give mix screws another 1/8 turn richer and put it in gear. You want the least drop in rpm when putting in gear. It will take several tries to be confident you have actually achieved the best mix for a given throttle postion and rpm and timing.