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What is your fuel pressure? These engines don't like to fire on less than 50psi or so. Pull your plugs and check to see if they are wet with fuel. If they are, you have enough fuel pressure to fire the injectors, so that shouldn't be an issue. You'll need to clean them with some solvent and compressed air if they are fouled, or at least leave them to air dry for a bit. Good spark in the open air doesn't necessarily mean good spark under compression in the combustion chamber. I've seen more than a few of these engines with what appeared to be good spark that wouldn't start due to poor contacts and fouling on the cap and rotor. They are a known issue on these engines and should be changed if there is any doubt whatsoever. You wouldn't have spark at all if there was no rotor present in the distributor. Ignition timing could be way out if the distributor was pulled and put back in. You may need to roll the engine to TDC on cylinder 1 compression stroke and verify that the rotor is pointing toward cylinder 1 on the cap. That will put you in the ballpark, at least close enough to make an attempt to start. Lastly, if all else fails, check compression. It's possible that your engine's cam timing is off due to a slipped timing chain. It's not common, but possible.
I'm betting on low fuel pressure or an ignition issue, myself.
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Looks like you're right, so I need to apologize. I was frustrated. Plugs were great, timing is perfect, spark getting to plugs well. Finally said EFF it, and poured more than a tiny bit of gas in the TB and it busted right off 3 times. It's not getting any fuel. The filter is new. The pump is loud, but it could be that it doesn't have a ton of fuel in it. I'm going to get a pressure gauge and check the pressure and go from there. I'm happy I heard it run.