Thread: sb ford firing order

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Originally Posted by wayneo777

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

You can not be on TDC #1 if number 1 piston is down. Check you balancer for slippage and or the pointer in wrong location.
Find compression on #1, then find TDC on #1 (while still on compression stroke), that is TDC compression stroke no mater what the balancer marks say. If your balancer is not damaged (rings slipped), you could relocate your pointer to align correctly with the balancer, or remark your balancer to the pointer. Run your firing order from this corrected location, time the motor and go. Of course, this assumes everything else is correct in the motor.

DennyW beat me to the punch...