360 dies at idle, but not when in gear ??? Huh?

Sdriche said

The car starts and idles great. If i don't touch it, it'll run for a few mins and you can hear the idle go down....without knocking off the high idle. You might be right here on the idle adj. I had the screws out about 1.5 turns.....while it was starting to die I backed them out almost 2 1/4 - 2 1/2 turns and it stabilized. That seems more than i would have thought but seems to be working. I'll drive it later to confirm. Thanks for the advice!!!

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Sometimes you have to just give it what it needs and not get too caught up in the numbers or values. Check to make sure there aren't any vacuum leaks and the primary throttle shaft doesn't have any play. I have an Edelbrock 1406 (essentially the same as a Carter AFB) on the 360 in my truck and the throttle shaft bore is worn bad, need to get a new carb but in the meantime I just cranked up the idle mixture on the driver side a bunch to compensate for the extra air going in that side and it runs mostly fine.