Cylinder order? September 04, 2008, 10:02:20 PM Ok, I know this is a stupid question, but not sure what else to do/ask... I have a 5.0 out of an 88 tbird that I dropped into an 82GT 'stang, that's had the cam swapped for a b303, it "should" therefore be on the HO/351 firing order... problem is, all was well untill me & my brother decided to change the plugs & wires, now I can't time it, it backfires through the carb, runs like , basically. Well, he wasnt paying attentionwhen he pulled all of the wires & then got distracted with something else, therefore forgetting how the wires were routed.. NOW.. on a standard 302/5.0l the cylinders are 1234/5678 front to back, starting on the pass. side. he Swears that when he took them off the #1 plug was on the drivers side/front.. is there some other differance between the stang & tbirds that would cause this problem that I am missing here? If not, anyone here have any other ideas, as this car was running great before we changed the wires/plugs, just had a slight miss, we thought the almost 20 year wires were the cause.. now I'm in it deep. Quote Selected
Cylinder order? Reply #1 – September 04, 2008, 10:26:01 PM If someone has installed the distributor incorrectly in the past, and compensated by moving the plug wires, #1(as indicated on the cap), could be on any cylinder...Rotate it to TDC on the compression stroke and see where the rotor is pointing... Quote Selected
Cylinder order? Reply #2 – September 05, 2008, 04:04:20 PM 13726548 for b cam yes same as 351 Quote Selected
Cylinder order? Reply #3 – September 05, 2008, 08:05:51 PM Quote from: Innes;23508813726548 for b cam yes same as 351+1And just to make sure this is clear: The #1 cylinder is front passenger side. Quote Selected
Cylinder order? Reply #4 – September 06, 2008, 05:54:00 PM Don't forget the distributor rotates counter clockwise...important when putting new wires on from scratch....ask me how I know!...lolGood luck,Don Quote Selected
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