The firing order is right, your spark plug #'s are off.
The passenger side bank goes 1,2,3,4, from front to back. Your driver
side bank goes 5,6,7,8 from front to back.
LOL
Jim
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"George F. Hamstra" wrote:
>
> Greetings!
> I know the firing order for the 351W is: 1,3,7,2,6,5,4,8
> The question really is, "How are the cylinders numbered?"
> I know I could pull the valve covers, set to TDC, etc. etc. to figure
> it out, but someone probably knows. I thought the numbering was:
>
> (Front of car)
> 1 2
> 3 4
> 5 6
> 7 8
> (driver)
>
> I also thought that they could be numbered
>
> (Front of car)
> 1 5
> 2 6
> 3 7
> 4 8
> (driver)
>
> Now the story behind this simple minded question! 8 years ago I took
> my Bricklin to American Auto Restorers (at 159th and Bell Rd, Homer
> Township, IL) I made the mistake of paying him for all the work we
> outlined to be done in advance, so after he had my money the priority
> dropped till my lawyer suggested he finish the project...) Well, to
> make a LONG story short, I recently got the car back. The body and
> paint job look nice but it runs like crap! (33K original miles). He
> added a 650 Holley, aluminum manifold, headers, etc. and now it runs
> worse than when he began working on it 8 years ago! I decided to
> check some of his (lack of?) workmanship. I replaced a fuel pump that
> was spraying raw gas on the block, replaced rotten fuel lines, etc.
> This had no effect on the backfiring, and lurching under acceleration,
> so I decided to see if he could have possibly screwed up the firing
> order. If example #1 above is correct, the current wiring is:
> 1,3,4,5,6,2,7,8. If I'm right, I'm lucky its starting, let alone
> running.
>
> Later,
> George
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