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wvcat
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posted 01-21-2006 10:08 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for wvcat   Click Here to Email wvcat     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have been wondering for a long time why ford made the firing order different on the 351w than on the 289/302's. It seems to me that there must be a reason. I just wonder if there is an advantage to using a cam with on firing order over the other. Has there ever been testing to determine if there is any advantage with either one? Anybody have any info or experience?
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posted 01-21-2006 10:13 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott H   Click Here to Email Scott H     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
The pressures from the cylinders firing in a different order puts a different load on the crankshaft journals.
I don't believe there is any horsepower to be gained, but that is opinion only, someone may have facts that state otherwise.

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posted 01-21-2006 10:18 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for capri man   Click Here to Email capri man     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
they claim that the 1-5 firing order puts to much strain on the number one main bearing because the two cyls fire almost simultaniously on that bearing.

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posted 01-21-2006 08:29 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bifs66   Click Here to Email bifs66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I personally think that Ford wanted to use a different firing order than the SBC! So, they came up with a new firing order for the '69 351W, and eventually implemented this new order on the 5.0s in 1982.

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posted 01-21-2006 09:48 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for rustang@home     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Every time I talk to the cam tech lines, they always recommend the late model firing order. I've heard that bearing loading was the main reason, but when I asked one of the cam tech guys if there was a hp advantage, he said "the Nascar guys all run the 351 firing order, what's that tell ya?"

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posted 01-21-2006 10:40 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott H   Click Here to Email Scott H     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
That tells me they want their crankshaft to survive over 8,000 rpms.

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posted 01-21-2006 11:00 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott H   Click Here to Email Scott H     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by bifs66:
I personally think that Ford wanted to use a different firing order than the SBC!


Ford is 1-5-4-2-6-3-7-8
or 1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8

Chevy is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2

They didn't need to change it to be different than GM

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posted 01-22-2006 03:31 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bifs66   Click Here to Email bifs66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Scott... It appears by the numbers that the old SBF Ford firing order is different than the SBC. HOWEVER, Chevy numbers their cylinders differently than Ford. So, if you compare the actual physical firing order of the two engines, you will find that they are the SAME. Check it out for yourself.

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posted 01-22-2006 03:49 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott H   Click Here to Email Scott H     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Bernie,
You are correct that Chevy numbers their cylinders different than Ford, Chevy does odd numbers on the driver's side and even numbers on the passenger side.
Ford starts on the passenger side and numbers them in order of 1,2,3,4 etc.

The way I map it out according to cylinder diagram is as follows:

Ford starts at Right Front and goes to Left Front, then right rear before going to middle cylinder #2

Chevy starts at Left front and goes to Right Rear, before going to the middle cylinder #4.

They still don't match.

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posted 01-22-2006 09:01 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for bifs66   Click Here to Email bifs66     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Hey.. We got ourselves a neat little subject (firing order) to yak about during these otherwise boring winter months. In response to your last post, I dug out the old reference books and reviewed the SBC/SBF cylinder layout and firing order:

SBC (front) 18436572
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8

SBF (front) 154263798
5 1
6 2
7 3
8 4

At first they appear different....but firing order is cyclical, so consider after the SBC fires the #2 cylinder, it fires the #1 then the #8. This begins to look suspiciously like the Ford order. They appear different because one enters the cycle at a different cylinder, but they end up the same physical order. Right???

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Mark Ugrich
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posted 01-22-2006 09:10 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for Mark Ugrich   Click Here to Email Mark Ugrich     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
If my memory serves me...the ford engineers wanted to reduce stress on the #3 main bearing in truck applications.

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posted 01-22-2006 10:12 PM     Click Here to See the Profile for scottford351   Click Here to Email scottford351     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
quote:
Originally posted by bifs66:
Hey.. We got ourselves a neat little subject (firing order) to yak about during these otherwise boring winter months. In response to your last post, I dug out the old reference books and reviewed the SBC/SBF cylinder layout and firing order:

SBC (front) 18436572
1 2
3 4
5 6
7 8

SBF (front) 154263798
5 1
6 2
7 3
8 4

At first they appear different....but firing order is cyclical, so consider after the SBC fires the #2 cylinder, it fires the #1 then the #8. This begins to look suspiciously like the Ford order. They appear different because one enters the cycle at a different cylinder, but they end up the same physical order. Right???


You better recheck the sbf firing order again! I think #9 is out of place

They are the same order

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Scott H
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posted 01-23-2006 03:22 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Scott H   Click Here to Email Scott H     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
Now that really is an interesting observation!
I'll agree they eventually cycle thru the cylinders in the same physical layout, but firing orders and engine timing don't start in the middle of the published cycle.
And the firing order isn't stated as "Left Front, Right Rear, Right forward Center, Left Foreward Center, etc".
Going back to your original statement, that Ford wanted to use a different firing order than Chevy....I still say the published firing orders (as would be commonly memorized by most mechanics and enthusiasts) are different.

Maybe after this we can discuss the difference between Ft.-Lbs of torque and Pounds-Feet of torque.

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posted 01-23-2006 07:17 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for ukracer   Click Here to Email ukracer     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
I have been thinking about this recently as luck would have it - think of a V8 as being 4 V twins in a row - then three pairs fire as V twins, but one pair does not. Same applies with either Ford firing order
15426378 gives:
1&5 (V twin)
4 (odd one out)
2&6 (V twin)
3&7 (V twin)
8 (the remaining odd one)
or 15726348 gives:
1&5 (V twin)
7 (odd)
2&6 (V twin)
3 (odd)
4&8 (Vtwin)
Am I the only one to notice this? Why would they not fire them a 4 V twins? maybe it can't be done, haven't thought it throough yet.
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Rustang
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posted 01-23-2006 08:19 AM     Click Here to See the Profile for Rustang   Click Here to Email Rustang     Edit/Delete Message   Reply w/Quote
All this talk of Ford and chebby's firing orders, check this out...the new Chebby motor (the LS6?) changed its firing order to the same as Ford's 351W!

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