Is this right? Or do you mean stepped on the gas again?
There are two screws on the front of the base of the carb. Those adjust idle mixture. There are a few things that probably need to be looked at and done to get it to fire right up. Mechanically, the first thing I would do would be to hook a vacuum gauge up to check idle vacuum(should be 18-22 on a stock engine) and then compression test the engine. Then check all of the hoses and likely areas for vacuum leaks. Then, I would climb on top of the engine, hold the choke flap open, and manually push the throttle open(engine OFF). You should see a stream of fuel shooting into the venturi's. If you don't, then you have a fuel drainback issue or the accelerator pump is shot. That would rule out common mechanical issues. Then I would set base timing, set idle mixture, set hot idle, then let it cool down(overnight is best). When you go to start it up the next morning, you press the pedal to the floor and let up to make sure the choke is set and you are on the high idle cam. Then fire it up and set the cold idle(screw on the passenger side of carb) to about 900rpm at first start. It will climb to about 1200-1400 as it warms in my experience.
I'm glad you signed up for the group, Victoria is good people and there are lots of good resources in the Bremerton area too. I'm down in Oregon so I have only ever made it to the BBQ when they have it down here. They do have quite a few meetups around there and I'm sure you could find someone with the right specialty tools and experience to help you get it tuned up right. Also, you MIGHT be close enough(I still can't wrap my head around how close any of the seattle area cities are to each other) to just pay
@SirRobyn0 shop to do the tuning and adjustments if it isn't something you know how to do or are comfortable doing yourself. If not, he might be able to point you to a reputable shop that is closer to you.
I'm actually doing a bunch of work to mine this weekend including draining the coolant to change a leaking lower radiator hose, so while I was at it I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to change my stock iron intake manifold for the edelbrock performer intake I have sitting in my shop. I'm also putting back in a better distributor I have at the same time, so I'll try and take a video or three and post up a tutorial on how to set up initial timing, idle mixture, and hot and cold idle speeds.
