Fine Tuning a 360 Magnum with a Brawler "Double Pumper"

24" of vac at idle? Sounds high.

The engine was just rebuilt so that could be part of it, the cam is very mild as well. The t slot is a square so I wouldn’t say the blades are too far closed.
I don’t have time to give you a full reply but stop looking at the O2 sensor. 15:1 at a cruise is bitching if your ignition will fire it.

Learn to read plugs and then use the O2 and believe the plug over the sensor.

And never tune to a hard number. Give it what it wants.
I mainly use the AFR gauge to see how steady the fuel is. I should’ve added that it does have enough fuel to maintain cruise, the afr is pretty smooth in the 15-16 at cruise, my main concern is when I get on the throttle to say go up an incline and I don’t stomp on it, just press it down a bit more, I can feel the surging start (first it feels flat, then I can hear the engine cutting out and the afr gauge goes crazy)