I'm going to get the "stock" metering rods and back the screws in to lean it out some. And we attempted to do timing, but we were preoccupied with trying to get the car to run at 2000rpm and didn't get to fiddle with timing. For sure I'll bump that up, I realize it's too little.
As for the neighbor... We are renting currently and the neighbor has been real cool with us (owns a 69 Charger himself...) so we decided it can be continued after work.