Hey i did a 5.0 swap from a 4 cylinder. I put a 302 from a 1989 lincoln in but the distributor was broken so i replaced it with one from a 1989 mustang 5.0. I can not get the car to fire but it is turning over. Can someonle please tell me the firing order that i should use and the cylinder order that i have.
Use the NON HO firing order. Not to be a dick but the Lincoln motor in that thing is gonna be a dog. Shoulda gotten one from a Mustang.
so just the v8 firing order? Do i use the one from a lincoln or from mustang? and what is the cylinder position? is it cylinders 1234 on the passenger side and 5678 on the driver side?
The Lincoln Town car used a non HO engine, so if that is what you have, you need to use a non HO firing order. This doesn’t prove that the block has an HO cam. Some trucks evidently use a HO firing order with a low lift cam. However, it will definitely prove that a cam can’t be HO because the firing order is wrong. Remove the #1 & #3 spark plugs. Put your finger in #1 spark plug hole. Crank the engine over until you feel compression on #1 cylinder. Slowly turn the engine until the TDC mark and the timing pointer line up. Mark TDC on the balancer with chalk or paint. Put your finger in #3 spark plug hole and crank the engine 90 degrees. You should feel pressure trying to blow past your finger. If you do not feel pressure, repeat the process again. If you feel pressure, it is a HO engine. No pressure the second time, remove spark plug #5. Put your finger in #1 spark plug hole. Crank the engine over until you feel compression on #1 cylinder. Put your finger in #5 spark plug hole and crank the engine 90 degrees. If you feel pressure now, the engine is not a HO model, no matter what it says on the engine. Using a small carpenter or machinist square to mark the harmonic balancer off into 90 degree sections may be helpful here. A 15/16 deep socket & breaker bar or ratchet may be used to turn the engine. The HO firing order is 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8. Non HO firing order is 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8
