[Jac Mac]

Mike, its starting to look like addressing the angle the carbs are mounted at plus lowering the fuel level in the primary bowls will go a long way towards helping the HC count at idle. Personally I would not stage the carbs either as this creats an unequal fuel distribution in the manifold-- if you do have it staged I hope its biased to the forward carb as its primaries are closest to the center of the manifold. Dont make the mistake of trimming back the accelerator pump cam etc too much- this has no effect on readings taken at a steady/constant throttle opening.