About 1400 cold, 1000 hot in park. It's a good starting point, but I couldn't adjust the fast idle anymore since the engine and carb had gotten warm, and it's futile because no matter what I set it too on the sbc I have, it will still need tuned for his sbc. I got it in the ball park, that's the best I can do in this situation.
Steve, I think you took Dan (drogg1) out of context. From my interpretation, he's saying with more guys discarding Q-jets for other carbs(Holleys, Edelbrocks, Demons, etc.) there's more cores floating around .
So you were generalizing...I understand. I do tend to agree with you, though, that Q-jets are a misunderstood carburetor.
And that is key. A 600 cfm on a mild 355 is balanced. But most guys jam the biggest carb they can afford on and wonder why it sucks. I had a friend with a '69 Chevelle, 327 and 4 speed. The 327 started life as a 2 barrel so he went with a conservative dual plane aluminum manifold and a Holley 550 cfm and kept the cam IIRC. It ran beautifully because the combination was balanced. Car show idiots laughed at the tiny carb but he had the last laugh getting 20 mpg and superb performance. He rarely had to adjust it because it was working at capacity.
Mark,
It's astounding how many people scoff when you tell them "No, your 8.5:1 smogger 350 does NOT need a 750cfm edelbrock. Those parts store guys are LIARS." Oh, fun little thing happened. I had a guy text me about rebuilding a q jet, I give him my price, which many other people have been more than happy to pay (150 - 200 dollars is usually what I charge. Up front, that's how I pay for the parts. Whatever's left is my profit.) he goes on to say that he can just buy a reman qjet from oreillys for 278. I tell him it's in his best interest not to, as generally (not always) those carbs are just a hodge podge of parts just thrown together to get gas into the engine and sold. He then tells me no they aren't, and that he works at Oreillys. He hasn't responded further.
