Granted - But after a couple you get pulled over for a light out. You get arrested for drunk driving and loose your pilots license for life.
I wish I had more gas to fly.
Send it back like Tom said. If it was installed correctly with no vacuum leaks it should have run fine. Something could have not been installed correctly inside.. To blame it on wheel pants is to get rid of you. But if the plane was flying good before carb change and the nose was not messed...
That's how I enter patterns in my Long EZ. speed 150k roll into the downwind at about 80 deg with power off, dropping gear at same time, roll into the base, speed down to approach. piece of cake.