Stumped and Frustrated with a Holley 670 Hesitation

Ok, lets talk about the dribble. -If you have a dribble at initial tip-in from idle, and nowhere else, its not the end of the world.But if it dribbles every time at tip-in, say from 1/4 throttle or from 3/8 throttle, then thats a problem. -The idle tip-in dribble, may just be too much clearance between the pump cam and the pump arm. -The anywhere tip-in dribble is something else.This is usually a problem in the supply or discharge side. -The supply side is the pump check-valve ( the red flapper). It fails in one of 2 ways: no1;foreign material stuck underneath it preventing it from sealing, or no2;loss of elasticity usually due to fuel contamination or old age. -The discharge side is the passage to the squirter.That passage has 2 gaskets in it.The first is between the bowl and the mainbody. The second is between the mainbody and the squirter. That passage absolutely has to remain full of fuel.That is the job of the 2 gaskets and the 2 check- valves. -There is another gasket between the squirter and the squirter retaining screw. The squirter can store a tiny amount of fuel in it between the check-needle and the very top of the passage before it turns down to the nozzles. If the gasket is missing then airflow past the nozzle could evacuate that fuel.I say could because its not likely, only, possible. -Should maybe add; that as the squirter nozzle size gets bigger, and idle vacuum is still quite high, idle tip-in will sometimes suffer.I imagine it could be due to airflow evacuating the nozzles.I usually just put a faster pump-cam on it or downsize the squirter.

Ok the dribble is only at the intitial movement of the arm. After that at partial throttle where ever it may be at it will squirt. It only acts as a dribble if I slowly open the throttle, and I mean slow. Like easing into the gas very economically. LOL

I also checked all those gaskets, I have all of them in place. The more I play with this the more I think it is a immediate shot and not delayed at all. I try to mimic actual driving, when I would hit the gas and sure **** as soon as I would hit the gas I get a nice strong shot of gas out of the squirters. Oh and I went back to the stock 31 nozzle.

That red diaphragm in the pump is nice and pliable and there was nothing under it.

Well,, that's all I got,, and as AJ said,, the red flapper style can get hard or debris caught under it,, keep us posted,, I'd like to know how it's resolved,, hopefully with-out a new carb..

I do really appreciate your help!

Oh yeah, one more thing. That spring in there is very important.If it looses its springyness, then the pump cavity might not be completely refilled, or fail to refill rapidly enough.And if the arm was not adjusted for an improperly parked diaphram, then you might have an intermitant idle tip-in problem.I guess it would manifest as a stumble on take off, or hesitation, due to a time delay between tip-in and pumpshot.

The spring was nice and strong feeling as well. With no gas in the carb after checking everything. I could hear it rush air back into that pump like it was pulling a good vacuum to get gas in it.. If it had gas in it.