Beyond Frustrated - Wont start/stay running

Yea after talking about this and thinking about this it does sound more like a distributor issue than a carb. However there could still be an issue with the carb. But as stated above, fix one issue at a time... The hose for the vacuum advance is not on the manifold, it is on a port on the carb. However as I am sitting here at work, I cant not picture if it is above the throttle plates or not... I believe that is what dictates whether or not the vacuum advance sees vacuum at idle or not? and as I think about it more, it doesnt seem to be chain. I feel if it was the chain the sputter should be more consistent than it is.

AJ,
You always have these wild and simple tests haha. I never did put my hand over the tail pipe as it is sputtering. I would say it is not sucking but blowing. But again I never actually put my hand over the tail pipe to verify, so I will give this a try (wont be until after carlisle). I will try to run the other test you suggested as well.