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Daves69 said

Professor, The OP is looking for solutions to an issue and I'm really not familiar with that Holley, hence the questions. Too much spring load can contribute to his problem. Removing one return spring can be an indicator.

For some Holleys, part #44 is termed as such..........
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I don't know anything about the OP's particular carb, either, but a while back I put dual Holley Webers on the flathead six in my 49 Dodge. With the single OEM return spring hooked up, I could barely push the carbs open. Took a look at the carbs and discovered that each one had THREE return springs like part # 44 above. Which meant that I had a total of seven return springs. Ended up removing two of them from each carb and deleting the OEM flathead return spring to get the pedal pressure right.

As for how many return springs Mopars usually had at least through the early seventies, my 426 Hemi has two - one for each carb - but every other one I own, small blocks, big blocks and slant six, have just one. I actually had a return spring break on me once after a full throttle run through first gear. Easy to deal with, I just turned the key off. And I know the web sites all say don't do that, but especially on older cars without an ignition lock, it presents no risk to do that. And even the ones with an ignition lock can safely be turned off while moving as long as you don't panic and don't turn the key far enough to engage the ignition lock.