Cullen,
Guess you missed my post yesterday. Turns out the firing order for Chevy
and Fords is the same, once you get past the different numbering
convention. Chevy numbers the left front cylinder #1 and the right front
#2, second-from-front left #3, second-from-front right #4, etc.
Using the Tiger's air conditioning a lot these days I'll bet. ;-) Coming to
S.D. any time soon?
Brgds,
Bob
At 08:21 AM 8/5/99 -0700, Bennett Cullen-P21988 wrote:
>Jay wrote:
> >Any thoughts on the cause? Combustion chambers? Exhaust manifolds? I
> >have always wondered if it is or was intentional. Or, if it was simply a
> >difference in design that has stuck over the years.
>
>One possible cause (difference?)that is just a guess is the firing order
>between the two small blocks causing a difference in the gas pulse spacing
>coming out of the tailpipes. The first time I put the Tiger together, I
>merrily ran the wires the way a chevy would place them (up to that point I
>had NO Ford experience). I got it to run but it had no power, backfired a
>lot and did a lot of shake-ing with some really foul smelling exhaust. Time
>to pull out the manual and discover that the cylinder placement sequence is
>not the same, much less the firing order. BIG lesson learned without hurting
>anything permanently.
>
>Cullen Bennett
>Tempe, Arizona USA
Robert L. Palmer
UCSD, Dept. of AMES
619-822-1037 (o)
760-599-9927 (h)
rpalmer@ucsd.edu
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