well I cleaned up the needle... I looked at it with a magnifying flashlight, it had a small flat spot right on the edge of the blunt end, took a VERY fine stone and honed it straight and 90 degrees to the shaft, I also polished the tapper. Just came in from test running it to see if I screwed it up... it seems that the mid range is Leaner!!!! before I when I did a pinch test when throttled in the mid range it would rev for 3 to 5 seconds before it started to sag, now it rev's for under or right at 2 seconds. Idle is still good, transition seems fine and the top end still screams. I won't know anything for sure until I fly it but it does look promising

Dru THANKS!!!!!!!
John