I have purchased a 70 mustang with a 351w out of a ford torino. The
car starts up and moves but was back firing out the carb as well as
falling on its face after a short distance. The car smells like its
running rich I was thinking that the car was loading up and that the
timing was off. After messing with the car some more I found that the
spark plug fire order was off. So I changed the order to what a 351W
was calling for and yes I went counter clockwise on the cap. Although
that didnt do a thing for me. after I changed it it would not start at
all... So I thought Maybe I have a 302. So I tryed the fire order for
the 302 and It fires over. although it hasnt back fired since out the
carb, it still smells like its running rich or possibly running to
much fuel. I investigated further and looked up the part number on the
Intake manifold and it came up as 351 exclusively.... so my next
question would be WTF! how does a 351 fire on a 302 fireing order, and
if it is a 302 why or how did someone put a 351 intake manifold on it?
I am about to loose my mind..
As of now with the 302 fireing order, I place the car in gear and it
basically loads up... looses power
Any suggestions?
