Initial timing

Thanks Casey, valves are/were set properly, approx .020 lash, cant remember specs exactly, but it has sat for 4 years.
It has the mini starter thankfully. Lots of cranking juice, battery has been load tested (good).
I dont think fuel is the issue but I dont know much lol. Gonna see what's recommended for an oem style coil for electronic ignition.
Thanks again.
Compression
Ignition
Fuel

Is what makes our engines run.

Sounds to me like your mechanical Valves are all set too tight.

Just want to make sure you did not set them like hydraulic lifters with adjustable rockers, where you go to zero lash then down 1 full turn.

Solid lifters and adjustable rocker you want something like .015 ths gap with the feeler gauge, not zero lash.

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Then next carb selection comes into play next. Believe your older mopar carb you have there is plugged.

A 1406 Edelbrock usually runs good on the small blocks, the 1405 is a richer jetted carb and can be adding to your problems.

A quick compression test on a couple of cylinders will tell you if your valves are too tight.

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I am fortunate to have a proven good running engine on my test run stand that I use for testing carbs.

Friend brought by a 1400 Rebuilt Edelbrock for me to test run. Immediately ran bad, a lot like the way your engine is running. Dead and popping on acceleration. changed metering rods, springs, adjusted idle jets, No Joy.

Pulled off that 1400 carb and put on my known good 1406 Edelbrock, and it immediately fired right up and ran perfect. You could just tell by the tone of it that it was right.

I am not hearing that good tone with your engine running in the video with the 1405 on it.

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Just a couple observations:

You should unhook that temporary mini tach and see if it runs better. I had one of those and it was running my battery dead, needless to say it got disconnected. Chineseium

Also if you want good quick starts switch over to the Dakota High Torque Mini Starters.

They turn over the engine much faster with less effort, and the big payoff is that they drain less juice from your ignition system so it fires the plugs easier too.

Every mopar I have owned, 1st thing I do is install a mini starter. They start like they have fuel Injection with the upgrade.