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Mattax said

Whomever you talked with misled you. The diameter is not the final factor in the flow rate. Thats why some jets with different numbers have the same diameter. A lot of bad info out there - and some of it comes right from the manufacturer's "tech" people. :( The carbs that were decent to begin with are within a few jet sizes no matter what they get put on. Its the beauty of a carb - they respond to engine demand so supply what the engine wants.

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OK cool...

I've come to sorta expect being an oddity because it all sits on top of a 225 slanty... I've read a lot of the threads on here concerning carburation on these (particularly 4bbl /6 setups). There's usually a fairly vigorous discussion that occurs :rolleyes: with opposing factions. I have some folks that I lean toward their opinions primarily. I'm not racing the car...it's a cruiser, mostly below 55 MPH.

Plan "A" is to go through the rebuild, clean everything really well and replace everything back as it is currently configured to see if the rich condition continues.

What I mean by "rich" is that I can smell gas in the engine compartment after returning into the garage (there are no leaks anywhere). I have also had some occasions where short term stops take a couple of turns to get the engine to crank (as if it's maybe flooded ??)

It does have electronic ignition.