My 216 is the same as yours Dave. Fires up immediately, idles well and revs freely. Only issue I have is an issue taking the throttle at times. Probably something in the carb that I did not get just right. It only hiccups if I give it a lot of throttle quickly, so I am living with it for so as it runs so good otherwise. I might try advancing the timing a bit more to see if it clears things up even more.
My 216 even performs fine with the a/c compressor load...something many said would be a problem with the 216. Not so, it is just fine.
