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289 reverse. rotation distributor direction

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Topic: 289 reverse. rotation distributor direction
Posted By: Tommyboy1904
Subject: 289 reverse. rotation distributor direction
Date Posted: May-25-2022 at 12:41pm
Ok 1967 mustang 289 w/ 351 cam, reverse rotation. Most distrib rotate counter clockwise, some like mine rotate clockwise. Regardless of engine rotation. Starting at tdc on #1 does firing order go clockwise with rotor rotation or counter clockwise against rotor rotation. Now thats a question of the day! Who can help me out



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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: May-25-2022 at 12:45pm
Originally posted by Tommyboy1904 Tommyboy1904 wrote:

Most distrib rotate counter clockwise, some like mine rotate clockwise.

If it’s rotating clockwise, the engine is spinning backwards.


Posted By: KENO
Date Posted: May-25-2022 at 2:17pm
Originally posted by Tommyboy1904 Tommyboy1904 wrote:

Ok 1967 mustang 289 w/ 351 cam, reverse rotation. Most distrib rotate counter clockwise, some like mine rotate clockwise. Regardless of engine rotation. Starting at tdc on #1 does firing order go clockwise with rotor rotation or counter clockwise against rotor rotation. Now thats a question of the day! Who can help me out

There must be more to this story, maybe something like "my reverse rotation SBF engine doesn't run and the distributor rotor is rotating clockwise when I look at it"  Have you put a new starter in it and now it's not starting?

If that's the case, you can help yourself out by installing a starter that spins the engine the right way, and the distributor will rotate counter clockwise and then have a chance of starting.

If it's rotating backwards, there's not a firing order in existence that'll make it run.

If you make it rotate the right way, then your firing order going counterclockwise around the cap would be 1 8 4 5 6 2 7 3 with a Reverse Rotation 351w cam.

How did the transmission issue from a couple of years ago turn out?

So the answer to your question of the day depends on you giving more info Wink



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