Assuming you mean adjusting the idle air/fuel mixture screws, it is best done with engine running, warmed up and a vacuum gauge connected to a manifold vacuum source. Start with screws adjusted 1 1/2 to 2 turns out. Run engine and adjust each screw several times to achive maximum vacuum at idle speed.
190-2bbl, 215-220 4-bbl carb
A 350 CID w/2bbl carb will get you the best mileage and power.
First, what kind of carb. 2bbl.......4bbl....make, model, holley, roch. , edel., Is the engine cam'ed ? Stock ? Want more info? Get back to me on my message board.
If it has the standard 2bbl carb, there is a screw on the drivers side linkage. Just turn in to increase the rpm's, and back out to decrease. There is also a choke "kick-down" screw that can affect engine rpm when cold. This one will be screwed into a "stepped" cam on the linkage. You will need to adjust this for high idle speed when engine is cold. You may also have a high idle speed solenoid mounted on the front of the carb. This increases engine rpm when the ac unit is swithced on. This should be adjusted from the factory, but can be tuned by by a screw on the front of the solenoid.
Low compression, 2bbl carb = 230 hp High compression, 4bbl carb = 290 hp 1964 442 330 engine = 310 hp
165 hp stock 2bbl carb A lot of the pickups had a 4 barrel, which added 20.
your idle settings might be to low. check on your engine near your carb for a small screw that is all by itself
There should be a vaccuum hose schematic on a sticker somewhere in the engine compartment.
With a 2bbl carb. 195 HP With a 4bbl carb. 220 HP.
About 500 cfm
nothing happens. it's simply a matter of (typically) making idle adjustments after the engine and Carb. are up to normal operating temps. ( the exact required settings will be slightly different when cold, but will do no harm.)
The only setting is one screw on the top of each carb its the mixture screw and should is 1.5 turns out by default.