Ah, OK. I knew you had the 2bbl 292 engine and your Nova with 1bbl 250, I wasn't sure where you got the carb from. I had a '76 Camaro with a 2GC 2bbl on a 305 back in the '80s. I'm not sure how much different the Dualjet is. I would be tempted to do a dual jet upgrade as my first step, if it works for you. Then swap it over with a new head, 292 exhaust manifold and a 2 barrel manifold for the next stage. Are you mounting it perpendicular to the engine so the linkage lines up the cable, or parallel and changing the cable to work with the sideways linkage?

So the truck integrated head is cracked, I was wondering why you weren't swapping the 1bbl head for 2bbl head.