Wonder if he remembers the old Moby roadrunner. It was out at the track all the time even before I owned it. Even the disc jockey Moby from KLOL made...
I don't like those cars either and seems to be many others didn't either since only a little over 7500 were sold but I'm glad you got it figured out....
STP claims to have the ZDDP additive too and you could use that instead of going to a 20w 50 oil. On the insulation...depends on the intake you have...
Got popped on the overflow 30 years ago on a pickup I was bracket racing. No one had that small of a clamp so I took some wire and wrapped it around...
I've dealt with a few carbs that looked that bad or worst. Just make sure you blow it out really good and it doesn't hurt to run a tip cleaning tool...
Linwood Dupey....iirc, he's the same guy that worked the old track in Dickinson? Teched me in one time when I first bought the old Moby roadrunner in...