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	09-12-2015 09:05 PM #1sb ford firing order
 
  ok on my build when I bought the engine last summer I heard it run  for like 25 minutes sounded good didn't smoke knock etc etc got it back to the shop and started to clean it up it only had 89k on the odm. so im running a cross ram the stock dizzy wouldn't fit so I popped the cap off  and marked where the rotor was pointing with yellow tape and pulled the wires off and the plugs out ,there  taped all the holes closed ..jump to july  of this yr I got the new dizzy out of ebay from white performance. put it in the motor with the rotor pointing where I had it taped and left it....  so I didn't mess with it till yesterday after I got the motor and trans set into the frame  me in my genius wisdom didn't take any pictures of the plug wires, so I goggled sb ford firing order mmmm #1 cylinder fires on the right side unlike a sbc motor. but  the timing mark in facing the bottom of engine  so I use a coat hanger wire to see when the piston comes up, (all the plugs are out so its fairly easy to turn)  when the timing mark is on tdc the #1 piston is down and #5 piston is up I hand cranked it 4, 5 maybe 6 rotations  same thing. how the hell was it running  did they just switch the wires around???? I guess I have to take the timing cover off to see whats going on  but will doing this damage the pan gasket?i put on a new pan and gasket cant remember if I used sealer or not dam it tares the gasket this will turn into a dam nightmare... or can I wire it so its running in this firing order ok on my build when I bought the engine last summer I heard it run  for like 25 minutes sounded good didn't smoke knock etc etc got it back to the shop and started to clean it up it only had 89k on the odm. so im running a cross ram the stock dizzy wouldn't fit so I popped the cap off  and marked where the rotor was pointing with yellow tape and pulled the wires off and the plugs out ,there  taped all the holes closed ..jump to july  of this yr I got the new dizzy out of ebay from white performance. put it in the motor with the rotor pointing where I had it taped and left it....  so I didn't mess with it till yesterday after I got the motor and trans set into the frame  me in my genius wisdom didn't take any pictures of the plug wires, so I goggled sb ford firing order mmmm #1 cylinder fires on the right side unlike a sbc motor. but  the timing mark in facing the bottom of engine  so I use a coat hanger wire to see when the piston comes up, (all the plugs are out so its fairly easy to turn)  when the timing mark is on tdc the #1 piston is down and #5 piston is up I hand cranked it 4, 5 maybe 6 rotations  same thing. how the hell was it running  did they just switch the wires around???? I guess I have to take the timing cover off to see whats going on  but will doing this damage the pan gasket?i put on a new pan and gasket cant remember if I used sealer or not dam it tares the gasket this will turn into a dam nightmare... or can I wire it so its running in this firing order : :   
 





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