[the hog]

The spade quality is nowhere near good enough to pass; it would certainly be no surprise to see 1S make easily. There is a further point of course. If you pass on this hand type, your partner will stop making lightish doubles. The Doubles at the one level should be taken out very frequently, and this suit does not cut the mustard.

[olien]

Ummm, Adam, you might've mentioned that you're playing minimum equal level conversion, so if partner is 1=4=5=3, might pull 2C...so its pretty rare that playing 2♣ will be a ridiculous 3-3 fit