Seems like a dumb question - but which plug are you using as #1? It's the RIGHT front. You said the rotor was pointing at #5, which would be the second cylinder on a Ford to fire and the front left - and the dist rotates CCW, opposite GM. If you are 45*, you are exactly 1 cylinder number of degrees off (360/8 = 45). FO is 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8