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Technical => Engine Tech => Topic started by: blackcougar71 on September 19, 2009, 12:22:36 AM

Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: blackcougar71 on September 19, 2009, 12:22:36 AM
i need to know the length of which spark plug wires go where from the distributor to the engine of a 3.8?
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: jcassity on September 19, 2009, 01:24:33 AM
the question running along side a sig like yours makes me have to ask the obvious...

why with so much talent should such a non issue be so urgent?:D

I dont have the lengths memorized, sorry.
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: jcassity on September 19, 2009, 01:33:58 AM
I would make the pass side 1-3 approx 2' and the drivers side about 3' ea if your guessing.
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: Tbird232ci on September 19, 2009, 07:42:11 AM
Do some cut to fits. They seem intimidating, but it's an easy job. It makes for a much cleaner install.
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: blackcougar71 on September 19, 2009, 02:37:18 PM
the reason i needed the lengths were i removed all my wires from the distributor and put a performance distributor. but i am just trying to make sure i put the right length wire in the right spot.
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: Old_Paint on September 19, 2009, 07:34:45 PM
Hmm, the longest to #6, next longest to #3, ........
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: Dougy_Fresh on September 19, 2009, 11:16:40 PM
do you have a build thread on that motor? i'm thinking about picking up a 3.8 powered fox mustang for a DD and that motor sounds interesting
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: blackcougar71 on September 20, 2009, 10:57:25 PM
no not yet i havent found all the pictures and information on the engine. all i know is its a 4.2 stroker kit with mild port and polish, mac longtube headers and mac underdrive pulleys, some nitrous.
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: jcassity on September 21, 2009, 12:39:52 AM
Quote from: blackcougar71;291801
the reason i needed the lengths were i removed all my wires from the distributor and put a performance distributor. but i am just trying to make sure i put the right length wire in the right spot.


i dont get it,, if your standing right there infront of your motor, just shorten any given wire thats too long. 

all you have to do is take one end apart.

you lost me,, sorry
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: blackcougar71 on September 22, 2009, 11:52:30 PM
i took all the wires off the distributor cap/ and engine when changing the distributor. now i dont know which length wire goes to which part of the engine. do you understand?
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: Haystack on September 23, 2009, 01:18:09 AM
check the firing order...(http://www.moddedmustangs.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/ford-firing-orders.jpg)

It has coil packs in the picture, but if you just bring the numbers into the 5.0 one and kill the last two, it will be right.
Title: v6 owner please help
Post by: blackcougar71 on September 25, 2009, 12:02:14 AM
my car doesnt have a coil pack its a distributer. but i figured it out from some of my old sparks since marked them where they should go.