A friend of mine shows me his new Holley HP 80514 carb. He bought it second hand new. You know the deal. He is green and it looked pretty. It has these Percy adjust a jet metering plates on it, and all the related hardware to "make it work". That means new arms for the accelerator pumps that are long enough due to the extra plate. It is supposed to have 30 and 50 cc pumps. To make it worse, the front pump has a 50 cc cover and a 30 cc arm with a 1/4" or more of no adjustment possible.

This thing binds and binds at the accelerator pump. The idea looks good, but I think it is junk. I want to put jets in it and convert the pumps back to stock. It has annualar boosters and is a dp 1000 cfm carb, (1st generation).

Any experience with these things, before I try to convince him on how to salvage his investment?

Too many cars, too many parts, too little coin, too little space to work in, too little time left to make it all happen! Update: down to one ride, still too many parts, a little more jingle in the pocket, gaining space, and it's going to happen this year!