Thx Hasse for confirming my findings.
I'd really be interested in the reference resistance readings you might have for the three wires from the TPS. One pair had a range from approx 1800 to approx 6000 ohms for idle to wide open and was linear. The 2nd pair had a steady setting or around 4500 ohms no matter what the throttle position. The third pair started at around 2750 for idle but jumped around in the mid throttle setting all over the map. Full throttle settled down around 4700 ohms. This is what I thought was causing my cutting out condition. Now I'm trying to figure out if the sensor is at fault of the CDI?
If you fellows who have swapped out your carbs to non TPS units have had no problems, what the heck is it there for?
Anyway, it's not going to be replaced for the price of a set of carbs.
Fellows, I can't reinforce this enough, there is no more popping on decel. Go figure. The TPS has to be affecting the timing somehow.