The idle cut off solenoid is defective, and the guy at weber sent me a new one so that is on its way. As for the rough idle it was completely unrelated. The person who sold me the engine or whoever set this thing up switched the wires for the #2 and #3 plugs. I checked the plugs, but assumed that the wires were in the right order and just made sure I put them back on the one they came off of. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/sleeping.gif" alt="" />

Once I did that, it fired right up, running nice and smooth, good acceleration, nice and snappy like I hoped for.
the fast idle and the idle mix were WAY off (probably somethin to do with the intake...) but I got those dialed and took my strange contraption for a spin and she did nicely. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

thanks for all the help guys. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />