It made heat!!!
Removed ECM, distributor, carburetor and all associated sensors and wiring...installed new MSD ignition box, MSD distributor, Innovate Air Fuel meter and a Bob Built carburetor...and rewired a TON of stuff under the hood and under the dash.
I poured some gas down the vent tube in the carb to help with startup, pumped the gas twice, turned the key and I swear...it fired on the very first revolution and jumped right to 1500 RPM high idle until it warmed up a bit.
Had a bit of a fuel leak at the carb so I shut it down to work on that. Every time after that it fired right back up and idled great. I need to learn how to time things a bit better with the ignition box, it is completely programmable box and I think you are supposed to phase the distributor in and then set the timing tables from there. I can barely move the distributor and it drastically changes where the idle timing is...but it's a PITA to see the timing mark on my engine. I'll get to that though...it's pretty damn good where it is right now considering everything I changed.
AFR bounces around 14.3 to 14.7 at idle once warmed up and jumps down to 10-12 under quick revs...and it never stumbled once. Granted no load on the engine but so far so good on the carb end.
The fans kick on when it gets to around 210 degrees or so and then kick back off after a minute or so of idling...they NEVER did that before. They also kick on when the AC is turned on.
Overall, I'm VERY happy...now I can settle down, schedule a trip to the cage builder, and work on fine tuning things a bit.
Here's a short crappy cell phone video...