This arrangement works

"Two stroke" carb and no diaphragm springs required!
Seems very happy on a 4 cell pack, with a big fat blue spark so staying with that for now. I'll bear it in mind and try at some point though.
The carb you've suggested........[:@]
WT 454 is only 20/64ths venturi. This will definitely affect power badly [

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No accelerator pump on it either [

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