Lots of things to check out thanks to all the good suggestions that have been made. I think I'll start with the fuel side of it and see where that goes. In checking the electrics (ignition parts, coil, etc.) I noticed there seems to be a lot going on around the base of the distributor. I know this isn't a tach drive because the tach is run off a wire to the coil so I'm wondering if it might be some sort of governor or rev limiter in which case that may be a problem,too.