After a bunch of searching and going thru the fuel system and finding the clogged filters and then still having the miss I broke down and just got a new dual sync distributor. the Irony of it all is that I ordered the new one at 3pm and by 7pm I had a code 72 which is a cam and crank sensor pickup problem code. So the diagnoses and the timing was as spot on as it could get.
The car runs great now and the rev limiter sounds are actually the rev limiter now. The best thing is that I have finally gotten used to shifting early and I am better at getting to the shift before the r's get to far up. The IQ3 shift lghts have taken me some time to get used to, I have finally stopped looking at the tach for the time to shift. Old habits are hard to stop.
they say the weather is good for saturday and I am really looking forward to seeing how good the car runs when it is running good!!!
