Started adjusting the Qjet air fuel today using the vacuum method. I ended up at 10.5 turns out on both sides with 18.5 vac at 800RPM in drive.

Q. Does this range of number of turns out seem normal for a QJET? A tuning article I read said to start at 3 turns out (holley?) and turn in from there?

Q. I actualy reached 18 on vac at 8 turns out on each, should I back off to close to 8-9 turns?

Every carb, and the engine it is on, will take a different adjustment to get it right on. I have found, on MOST applications w/Quad, that 3-4 turns out from bottom, will give the best performance. There is always gonna be an exception, and there is the variable of carb size vs engine size, cam size, exhaust, etc. etc. Just turn them to get the best vac. reading, and idle quality. The adjustments ONLY effect idle. Anything over 1000/1200 rpm, and the carb has already switched over to the power enrich circuits/jets.
You're getting there!!

Ron, I think you may have a few screws loose, anyway...

I have a sign in my shop that says..."Loose Nuts Tightened Here!"

I found an older post with a response from Ken which indicated I should locate the best vacuum, then find the dead spot, and then back down to the point where the best vacuum started. Done.

My final numbers were 5.5 turns out on each with 17" vacuum at 750-800RPM in drive with vac advance connected.

What seemed strange is that the idle screw is barely touching so I can't lower the idle any further with this setup. I also rechecked the timing for max vacuum and test run. Some bucking so I backed down a hair on the timing, now seemed to run strong.