Just re-read all of this.
Stuck in front of a computer at home working all day this week, and helping you out made for some good breaks yesterday. Guess we can keep on going if you have more questions.
Another mention on the carb choke. Once you get it running you can adjust the knob in or out to get a smooth idle while it warms up. When you are ready to drive you push it in and hit the gas a bit and it should slow down. Not sure about the Edelbrock but it probably has multiple detents so that you can push the knob in partially and slow the idle down some, but not all the way to normal.
With an electric choke the above happens sort of automatically. But you still have to step on the gas to set the choke, and then again to get it off the fast idle detent once it warms up. Its just not like today's computer-controlled fuel injection.
I never owned an Edelbrock carb so not sure how they are put together, and how good the idle circuit is. But I would make sure the timing is set reasonably right before making any adjustments to it.
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