What's the firing order for an 89 HO 302?

89stanger · 03-29-2005

i know this is a really stupid question, but i've got probibly a week to do a week and a half's work to try to get my emissions down, other wise my car comes off the road perminently... so i am back to basics because everyone i know is stumped, i have untill the 9th of april, what's the firing order again? maybe i have it out, i am going to set my tps again and check all my **** over and over again till this thing passes

OzPony · 03-29-2005

H.O. ('82-'95) 302 = 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8

89stanger · 03-29-2005

so it will look like this then?

GhostDog 5.0 · 03-29-2005

Yes that's how it goes.

89stanger · 03-29-2005

F*UCK!!!!!! cuz that's how mine is, but now it won't even run!!!!!!!!!!

89stanger · 03-30-2005

Please Help Me I Need My Car To Go Pick Up Girls Tomorrow!!!!!!!

GhostDog 5.0 · 03-30-2005

Just making sure , but you know that cylinder one is towards the front on the passenger side and number 5 is on the front drivers side?

89stanger · 03-30-2005

yeap, i know that, i cannot figure this out, i am thinking maybe i have them one place out, like the rotor is turned by one plug or something... i don't know..., like maybe the guy who owned the car before me took it out and put it back in wrong, cuz i didn't check the firing order when i did all that engine work, i just switched the wires and used what it alreity was...

FoxChassis · 03-30-2005

Firing order goes COUNTER-CLOCKWISE (on the distributor cap), NOT CLOCKWISE.

marks86gt · 03-30-2005

This may sound stupid but is the coil wire connected?

89stanger · 03-30-2005

yes it is connected, THANKYOU FOX CHASIS!!!!!!! i am used to working on chevs, (they break down more often) and i am pretty sure they go clockwise... but in my diagram, cylinder one is in the right position right?

FoxChassis · 03-30-2005

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Originally Posted by 89stanger

But in my diagram, cylinder one is in the right position, right?

Roughly, yes. It varies from car to car. But it's in the 11 o'clock to 1 o'clock vicinity.

Just put it somewhere in that range, wire the cylinders correctly, and then fine tune distributor clocking by setting base timing (at idle with the SPOUT connector removed).

89stanger · 03-30-2005

see my car cranks and cranks and cranks but will not fire, it is kicking a little bit, but on the compression stroke of another cylinder and such, it's way off it goes wa wa wa wa wa wa wa blah! wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa wa blah!, i have not moved the distributer shaft since i had it running yesterday, all i have done is pulled off the wires, the harness on the side is still connected, the coil wire was never removed

ok i re did it, with cylinder 1 in the 12:00 position, it ran, really badly, but it ran... i rechecked the order, it's 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8, going counter clockwise, it shot alot of black and brown smoke out the tailpipe

this is what i have right now, please tell me if you think this is right? it is missfiring badly, i have changed the picture a few times between posts, i changed it just before i put it on here too, so if u have seen it before take another look, i renumbered the cap

Black 93 LX · 03-30-2005

Make sure 6 & 5 plug wires are separated as far from each other as possible and not running parallel to each other. You can get an inductive cross fire and have it run poorly.Thats probably not your current problem.....

Stangboy5666 · 03-30-2005

Dude, I already had this problem. For some reason on my 88 I had to move the wires 2 or 3 spots CC. Then I could get my timing correct. It was very strange. I still dont know what the deal was, but I shot black smoke out the back too BAD, and also I had to give it gas to even run. Not sure what the hell the deal was, but try that. I moved each wire one spot at a time to get them right. Good Luck.