Firing order help

Wow, I feel dumb. That was the problem. I didn't think it would matter since they were still in order, just rotated 90 degrees, but it does. Makes me want to delete this thread, but I won't. The info here may prove useful for someone else in the future.

Thanks everyone.

 

I think he did not change dis.

 

It is learning. No harm no foul. Do you understand why it matters?

 

That is the way that you learn, its ok

 

here is a pic. of where i moved the wires around in the cap to make them neater looking...

 

Yes I believe so. The distributor is locked in place, in relation to the drive of the distributor, which is the cam shaft. The #1 needs to be in the position it was on old distributor because it is the one that needs to be firing when the cam and crank are in the compression stroke for that cylinder.

By moving all of them a couple slots over I was WAY late on when the spark came for the cylinder, and this repeats for each cylinder. I was probably all the way through the exhaust stroke before the spark came.

I didn't understand this before, but through this process I have figured it out. All of this stuff is fairly simple, but it takes some experience and familiarity.

Thanks everyone!

 

Frank,

That is the neatest looking wires I have ever seen on a distributor.
I'll probably do the same on my MSD.

 

And there you have it, one more little detail I have to worry about recreating when I start reassembly!

 

thanks...:Handshake
I saw this done on (M.A.V.) Mikes car so I asked him to show me how to do mine...thanks Mike...:Handshake
mine are custom cut wires....also were cut so all the writing would read the same...