Try without the airfilter on, and then try with it even more restricted (an easy way to lean out and richen up the mixture just to get a quick idea). Did you richen up the main to account for your mods?? Hopefully you're doing this with brand new high-octane gas too. Old gas trying to start up a new ported motor with a shaved head is going to just make your life harder than it really has to be.
If it is firing on occasion, that tells you that the air/fuel mixture is way off for some reason.