how does a 318 engine run if timing is off ?

thank for all of your ideas, I too was leaning towards a fuel problem, but with 2 carbs. and the older unit was a working unit. however, when Professor Fate talked about fuel restriction, I had the local, shop that I take the car to for state inspection replace the hard fuel line from pump to carb with a new line since when I added the in line fuel gauge did not like the way the rubber fuel hose was kinked, anyway the bent in the new tube does not look good, that may be my fuel restriction.

As far as the spark plugs I was told the Champion rj14y was an original style, I did have in NGK gr4gp irantiom plugs that got fouled from this whole mess.

I will look into the fuel line issue , try to clean up the NGK plugs, from the time I had poor ignition the plugs where covered in carbon.