Carb Question about Very High Air Flow on Synchrometer Options

[Craigers17]

Recently I tried installing my new 123 Disty, and, so far, I haven't had success. I ended up putting my old disty back in, and I've got it running again, but it won't hold idle. I put my sychrometer on each stack and they are all reading around 20, which is way high.

Normally, if I have the carbs dialed in correctly, my air flow meter usually reads somewhere from around 5.5 to 7 or so. I've never seen the synchrometer register any where near that high....much less on both carbs. The car did sit non-running for about 6 weeks, so the only thing that immediately comes to mind is that the jets all need cleaning. I'm gonna address that over the weekend, but wondered if anyone here had any ideas as to what might cause the air flow reading to be so high? I only had the car at about 1500 RPM when I took the readings. The carbs are dual 40's, with 28's, and neither the venturis nor any jet sizes or settings have changed in the last 8 months or so.

Any suggestions in pointing me in the right direction would be appreciated. Thanks.

[Superhawk996]

Going back to the beginning. Did it run and idle properly before the dizzy swap?

[Craigers17]

Going back to the beginning. Did it run and idle properly before the dizzy swap?

No. Car ran great with old dizzy, but had a felt rubbing block on the points. That felt piece fell off, which threw off the dwell gap. I installed a new set of points, with a traditional rubbing block and the car ran better, but I could never get it dialed back in 100%. That’s when I tried going to the 123. Now that I put the old one back in, I can’t get the car to idle, but it is running. The dwell is reading 48 which is in the ballpark.