My first car was a Meteor with twin carbs, it's points were forever dirty, and the carbs were a PITA to get in sync properly, they literally just used to listen to both with a stethoscope to get the suction sound roughly the same I'm forever grateful those days are gone. I had its descendent in the form of a Mazda 323 SP20 and it was everything I'd wanted my Meteor to be.

I'd hear stories of triple carb Jags that were even worse so some pulled the engines out and put Holden V6s or V8s in place of them to save the drama.