Sounds good, Bill

Report back here, please, on each break-in step you take.

I also have a 1954 235 with 848 head in my 1954 Hydra-Matic pickup that I am restoring/ignoring. I had to use the original automatic-choke 1-barrel Rochester BC because I did not want to mess around with another carb and the HYdra-Matic linkages.

How about posting some photos?