I used to use ST.G20/15's in combat and had venturi's made for them with larger intake hole, I also tried drilling them out and several I used like that because those combat engines were used with bladder pressure,they were originally fitted with suction size venturi's. have you tried to run them on suction it may not work too well. The same thing with the ST. G15 goodyear engine (rectangular venturi) that was run on crank pressure I believe. After a few years I changed to using Rossi15's and never looked back.
Reason for this post is you might find you need different venturi's to run on suction. Good luck those were really good engines and easy warm starters.