Drivers side front #1. Starting from #1 Front to back #1,3,5,7 Starting from front Passinger side #2,4,6,8, Good luck.Darwin B.
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On a Ford V8 engine :
firewall
4 - 8
3 - 7
2 - 6
1 - 5
front of FORD gasoline V8 vehicle
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* Also , the firing order for the Ford 400 cubic inch V8 engine is :
( 1 - 3 - 7 - 2 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 8 )
The distributor rotor turns COUNTERCLOCKWISE ( looking from the top )
The marked # 1 position on the distributor cap faces towards the REAR
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The firing order for the Pontiac 400 engine is that the small block powers the big block.
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the firing order for a Pontiac 400 v8 from 1967-77 is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2
I'm putting a distributor in my 79 ford 351 modified 400 351 crank but 400 big block .. i know it is off of time and the timing chain is still good .. but how do i time the 1st cylinder with the distributor . how do i get it firing in order ? The firing order of the 351 Cleveland, 351 Windsor, and 400 are all the same at 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 Rotor turns counterclockwise. Get the #1 piston, which is the piston on the front of the engine passenger side, at top dead center, (TDC) on the compression stroke. Turn the rotor on the distributor to the #1 spark plug on the distributor cap and insert the distributor into the engine. Time the engine with a timing light.
1,3,7,2,6,5,4,8 Counter-clockwise.
265, 301, 307, 326, 350, 389, 400, 421, 428, 455 all have the same firing order 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 the 2.8 firing order is 1,2,3,4,5,6
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The 400 Ford has only one firing order and it is 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 which is the same firing order as the 302 HO, and 351. Rotor turns counterclockwise.
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