boat motors tend to be over-carbed, primarily for the holeshot, and the upper end
the beauty of the 950HP is it only flows about 850-870 CFM. it the base plate from the 850 and higher with the 1.75" throttle blades and the upper venturies of a 750 with the 1.375 venturi bores
the motor will use every bit of the carb
the old 715 CFM was what came stock on the 350 small block, other than re-jetting, changing the squirter and vac spring, while it ran on the 468, it was a bit small.
what is confusing me is I can get it to idle grea by partially blocking the LSAB's or fully blocking the HSAB's I believe the billet metering block needs tuning with the IFR jets and I may need to adjust the LSABs