by "C. E. White" <cewhite3@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 28, 2008 at 02:11 PM
A 351 intake will not fit a 302. Assuming it is a 351W, the firing
order should be 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 - I assume you understand how Ford
numbers the cylinders (1 2 3 4 front to rear on passenger's side, 5 6
7 8 front to rear on driver's side).
Ed
<justineverything@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>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?
