Oddball-looking isn't necessarily good. How do you intend to correct the totally unsuitable jetting, CFM rating, and power enrichment system? Why do something completely wrong to begin with when much more logical and suitable options are available? Just to be different? My father was involved in field-testing the very first Rochester 4G carburetors to hit the market in 1953, and they went through some massive teething pains. It's entirely possible your oddball carb was an unsuitable piece of junk- - - -otherwise it wouldn't have been replaced with a more conventional carb after a short, unhappy life. Some of the fixes on the 4GC that Dad and a Rochester field engineer came up with in a little shop in Nashville Tennessee in 1953 became standard Rochester production line procedures in 54.
Jerry

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