Who are you talking to, must be yourself. Or some strawman. Who said anything about a gauge being a bad idea? I said if you need to turn to a tool when you otherwise would not, you look at the variables that cause that. The 750 Eddy carb is what changes in the equation. That's a simple concept that you are missing, so stop with the other talk to make yourself feel good about your use of tools. Run whatever carb you want to spend the time or dollars on. I will be running just about anything else than a 750 Eddy and not worrying what you or anybody else are doing, beyond giving an opinion on the subject when it comes up here.