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ok yall, heres the thing, probably to understand you need to know the story:
my dad and my grandpa got a hold of a mustang II a while back(like 20 years) they rebuilt the motor(2.8L) to stock. never got the timing right, i decided to tackle it and put a few performance things on it, well a cam and carb swap turned into almost a full rebuild until yesterday when i took the heads off to get some flash rust out when i turned the crank i noticed something bizarre. When turning the crank the pistons came up as though the firing order should be as folllowed:
1,6,2,4,3,5......when the firing order should be: 1,4,2,5,3,6 completely different the only thing i could think of was the wrong crank, but what crank would fit so perfectly and turn the pistons like melted butter so perfectly. i tried looking up everything including the chevy 2.8 along with any other motor and nothing comes up as that firing order. so what in the heck is going on???
my dad and my grandpa got a hold of a mustang II a while back(like 20 years) they rebuilt the motor(2.8L) to stock. never got the timing right, i decided to tackle it and put a few performance things on it, well a cam and carb swap turned into almost a full rebuild until yesterday when i took the heads off to get some flash rust out when i turned the crank i noticed something bizarre. When turning the crank the pistons came up as though the firing order should be as folllowed:
1,6,2,4,3,5......when the firing order should be: 1,4,2,5,3,6 completely different the only thing i could think of was the wrong crank, but what crank would fit so perfectly and turn the pistons like melted butter so perfectly. i tried looking up everything including the chevy 2.8 along with any other motor and nothing comes up as that firing order. so what in the heck is going on???
