Giving In...

Well I got the engine back together, but it still won't crank.  It's spraying/backfiring fuel out of the top of the carb at a prodigious rate and doesn't seem to be building compression like it should be.  Timing is not 180 out, the firing order is correct, so we're thinking it's the valves but I'm too pissed to deal with it.  My dad offered to have it towed to a shop and let someone else do the final tuning, and I seized the chance.  So I guess it will go to a shop tomorrow and it had better be running when I get it back, unless that requires major work/$$$, which I would get it back and figure something else out.  I'm so tired of screwing with this engine...makes me want to shoot someone multiple times for no reason or wreak destruction on some inanimate objects.  We'll see how it goes.