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[bjshov8 at tx.rr.com]

Well that's your problem right there- it should be 18436572 like any other self-respecting V8 engine.  (Of course while they are at it they would have to number the cylinders like everybody else too.)

I'll tell you that I have timed very many V8 engines, and even if you know the firing order by heart and you are careful when you do it, occasionally you will cross a wire.  It is definitely worthwhile to double-check that before moving on to the more difficult parts.

There are aftermarket parts now that change the firing order of some engines.  I noticed on a car show on TV they were talking about aftermarket cams that would change the firing order of the V8 Chevy just slightly, probably reversed 2 cylinders, and it would make a little more horsepower that way due to a slight change in the way the breathing worked.



 
> Similar thing happened to me years ago with 15426378 from the 289
> in my '67 
> Mustang. If you inadvertently make it 15426387, the engine makes a
> really bad 
> noise once every time the dizzy spins around and doesn't want
> to run very well. 
> This happened at the end of a very long weekend installing
> a big solid lift cam