My quest for a 9, I failed.

Thumper built my carb and installed .128” bottom feed needles. His instructions were to run 5 1/2 psi. My current pump is a Holley billet 150, I have a Magnafuel 275 that needs resealed. I resealed it once and it leaked again in short order, may give another try.

i had a dead headed Holley black on my W5 deal. Everybody said it wasnt enough pump. Swapped in an expensive new fuel system with bypass…. Didn't pick up anything.
Your mph is there. Get the 60 foot sorted out, it will run 9.80’s in good air.
You jetted up and it picked up, tells me fuel is fine