Art,
I haven't followed all this thread, but do you have an electric choke? If so, it cannot be fed off of the ignition circuit for the draw has been known to act as a rev limiter at around 5200-5500 rpm.
I'm pretty sure you would be aware of this, but thought I'd toss it out.
Larry
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