jim told me to start with a 48 pilot and 170 main. so just to be safe i threw in a 50 pilot and 172 main. it would not stay running at all. i had to keep on the throttle. so i said f*ck it and threw in a 65 pilot just to see what would happen. still no idle. threw in the 48 like jim said and bam, idles perfectly. i mean its perfect. ive done test runs and the 172 is a little rich, but ive got rockets on the way so they should lean it out some. right now its running real good on very bottom and on top, midrange is a little off. im not fully fine tuning it until the rockets get here. it still pulls real fuckin hard tho. you are runnin the pj34's right? ive heard they are hard to get to idle. these 35's idle perfect. no surging or anything. mine has seperate idle screws. they are little black screws down and right from the choke knob. maybe you should try the 48 if it wont lean you out too much, it might be part of your idling problem. just an idea. i hear ya about the work, luckily im the boss and decide our hours. 110 heat index here tomorrow, you can bet ill be home by 3 tinkering with the banshee.