Just had a nice chat with Patrick@ pro systems. We used to work together years ago, was nice to see how he is doing.
Anyhow this pro form 950 that was " stuck" on my little engine masters 318 I suspect wasn't the dynocarb I was told it was, and having sat around likely for years, it seems to be full of gremlins.
Rather than buying a new carb, gonna have these folks go trough it stem to stern, set it in the ballpark for this engine, so I at least know the carb is fresh and in good working order.
Probably should have done this before I ever raced the car..... Blowing out dirty needles, leaks, etc,etc
Thought about buying a new carb, but it's a bunch cheaper to have this one refurbished, and calibrated to my combo

I now check/correct every hole in all carbs I work on and the last 850 Pro Form Race Carb I went through had emulsion holes too small and a few not even drilled all of the way through including the rear kill bleeds. If they do it right it should be tuneable for you w/just a few(hopefully)tweeks of the bleeds, t-slot jets and ifr`s...........

Thanks, thump.
He said they redo the emulsion circuits, will pretty much replace everything. I told him a few basics I know about how the carb is currently setup, he said it wasn't remotely close to where it needs to be.
At least this way I will know it works correctly and have a known good working unit. Something I definately don't have now.
Kinda makes me mad the guy I bought the motor from gave me this junk carb that in no way was used and properly tuned on an engine masters dyno.
When I went back and read the article on this motor, I noted they used a Holley 950hp, this is a proform... So definately not the carb I was told it was.
It is what it is I guess. Otherwise the little motor seems fine

First, people need to keep it real and be straight up on parts or whatever it is. 2nd, tuneable circuits and lowered ifr`s make it WAY more tuneable and sensitive once it starts comin around. Good luck..........

I bought a 1 year old 780 Pro Systems carb from a gentleman that had it built for his 377ci ? ford fox body. I ran it that season and it was a improvement but I sent it to Patrick with all my specs that winter and what a difference. Great customer service!!!!

I'm sure Patrick will have it working good when you get it back. He's done some great work for me.