Overlooking something? Fuel Starvation

Thinkin i've been playing with the wrong float spec.

My book claims 7/16" needle/seat closed setting is what it should be. So thats what i've been checking it too.

So for kicks, without the engine running, i ran the fuel pump for a few seconds. Pulled the lid off the carb and saw where the level was. Looks 'too low' in my opinion. With much larger than stock jets, smaller metering rods, tweaked accell pump and larger accel pump nozzles. I might be able to take that amount of fuel out in a hurry.

So i went from 7/16s 'spec', to 5/16". We'll see what that does for me