1971 360 question

C’mon man. They’re not wrong about PV tuning. Lots of different tuning philosophies out there, and they don’t all apply to every build.

Their method of selecting a PV is a recommendation of where to START tuning, not where to end it.

And it’s meant for the average user. Hell some builders will put a plug in the PV and do all the carb tuning with the jets. Good way to lose gas mileage and run rich at cruise on a street car, but for a car that’s always wide open on the drag strip that’s not a problem.
I'll go along with that. I think most scoff at Holley acting like there's only one way to skin a cat. Although what you say makes sense and I agree 100%, nowhere at any time have I seen anything in print from Holley that backs up the idle vacuum method as being a "starting point", though it does make perfect sense. There's many ways to skin this dog. I like cats, so.......