OK, so its an 88 2.0 and its got a rough idle when cold, then clears up when warm, no smoke color, but if in park and rev it high, it literally will spray black soot, like i'm over spraying powder coat, and at 1/2 to full throttle it will stubble and bog

and when driving going up hills or under 3/4 throttle load it will bog terribly

truck is stock w/ 54k on it all, and I just inherted it, only things I did so far are new PCV valve, and carb cleaner sprayed the carb, but still need to get in there and tooth brush scrub it

do all signs above point to the carb being the culprit? and its all stock, so shouldn't need to step up to a hotter plug, as that'd be a band aid on the real problem right

the truck's running rich right??

thanks in advance, and I know people say to swithc to the weber carb, but how much do those run, I'm not in the mood to throw alot of money into the truck, should I just rebuild the stock carb, or does it just need a healthy cleaning

also I gotta change the fuel filter and I've put a bottle of seafoam in and full tank of hi-test gas

thx