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1-4-2-5-3-6 ============================================ The STRAIGHT 6 cylinder in a 1965 Ford Mustang is : 1 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 2 - 4 The distributor rotor turns CLOCKWISE The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces AWAY from the engine
On a 1965 Ford Mustang : The 200 cubic inch ( INLINE / STRAIGHT ) 6 cylinder engine firing order is : ( 1 - 5 - 3 - 6 - 2 - 4 ) The distributor rotor turns CLOCKWISE ( when looking from the top ) The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces AWAY from the engine The engine cylinder locations are numbered 1 to 6 , from front to rear
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1 way to tell a 1964 Mustang from a 1965 Mustang is to look under the hood the 1964 relied on a generator and the 1965 had an alternator.
The point gap for a 65 mustang that had a 260/289 V8 with a single point, vacuum advance distributor was .014-.016. A car with a 170/200 6cyl motor with the single point vacuum advance distributor was .024-.026, and for a car that had the high performance 289 with the dual point, centrifugal advance distributor it was .019-.021
# 1 on the distributor cap faces AWAY from the engine
1965 mustang
Shelby Mustang was created in 1965.
A 1965 Shelby Mustang , 289 V8 , was rated at 306 BHP
There were no mustangs in 1959. The mustang came out in 1965.
FIRING ORDER For your 1965 FORD MUSTANG: FIRING ORDER FIRING ORDER 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8 ---------- FRONT | 1 2 3 4 | OF | |DISTRIBUTOR ROTATES COUNTER VEHICLE | 5 6 7 8 |CLOCKWISE ----------
The original ford mustang was built in 1964 and introduced in 1965. The first generation of the mustang is considered to be between the years of 1965 and 1973