Thanks for the help.
The longer I thought about it, I realized doing it your way (the correct way), was just better. No point in frying anything, as that just makes for more work.
It is a '71, so no mounts for an electric fuel pump. Also the carb is a 600 cfm, the stock pump has no problem keeping up with the front two barrels, but when the back two open up, it cannot keep up. I've tried every rod/jet change, but it just doesn't want to keep up with the back two.
I don't think the stock pump is bad, as it read an output of 3.1 psi when I pulled it (which matched the FSM spec for it).