[Shop-talk] Firing order problems.

David Scheidt dmscheidt at gmail.com
Mon Jul 25 18:46:24 MDT 2011


On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 7:38 PM, Todd Walke <racertod at racertodd.com> wrote:
> B  B  B  B Check the camshaft. B That'll tell you the firing order. B Rotate
it in
> the normal direction until you're at TDC on cylinder 1. B Both lobes on #1
> will be facing up. B Rotate it until the next pair of lobes are facing up.
> B That's the next cylinder to fire. B Repeat two more times and you'll have
> the firing order.
> B  B  B  B As far as I know, 1-3-4-2 is the only firing order used for an
> inline-4 with a 180 degree crankshaft as it is the only firing order that
> results in primary balance.

1243 works just fine too.




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