4 cylinder V8 ?!

[USMC302]

OK, sorry it took so long to post back. Wiht the vacuum lines between the dist terminals and the wires, there was spark all the way around. We also had a toll that went between the wire and the plug with a light in it to show spark, again all were firing, but here is the wierd thing still....when we put the test light through the vacuum lines to ground out the spark and listen for the drop in idle there was no drop at all in 1,2,6,& 8, but we saw the spark. We pulled the plugs and they were wet with fuel, ran the compression test and had at least 140 on all. the heads that are on have had a valve job with new springs and retainers. The cam wasn't flat because we turned it over with the valva covers off and we have the same amount of movement on all. Still at a lose. We brought a scanner home but it wouldn't pick up any codes, I don't know if this has something to do with the car used to being an auto and I swapped it to a stick utilizing the same computer, I was told you could do this with no problems, and it ran fine before with that computer so i know that isn't it. Please help. Also I was told the dist being 180 off won't let the car run at all?.. Thanks