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Fleetwin has given you some good advice. A couple other things I can throw in here are 1. You may have a power pack failing on either the left or right bank. Your engine has two of these. These motors will run pretty good this way till you try to get on plane, then bog down. The pack can malfunction, then start working again. 2. You may have a float needle stuck in one of the carburetors. Again the motor will run pretty good till you try to get on plane. Use the squirt bottle method that Don has suggested above to check.
Keep in mind that if you have a plugged or obstructed carburetor, you WILL do engine damage if you continue to run it this way, because you are also starving the engine of oil. Just something to keep in mind to avoid a blown powerhead. Hope this helps!