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Originally Posted by Bubsyouruncle
When I said "I DO" to my current spouse in 1970 I also got her 1968 Mustang to take care of. A few miles later (on both) time came for a tune up. Points, plugs, timing, etc.
Replaced the ignition wiring as well. Car ran like crap.
Long and short of it.
When I replaced the ignition wiring I followed accurate placement. Turns out that the factory had mis-wired the last two cylinders on the passenger side and had tweaked the ignition to make it run! Spent time re-timing the car and it ran like it should.
Well, that was 1968
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I dropped a junkyard 302 into a tourists blown up car, early 80s. Since a lot was different, I re-used his intake and other bits. Car ran like crap, backfired and opened up the muffler. After much head scratching I discovered the car was a California emissions 302 with the HO or 351 firing order and that is how I installed the plug wires, according to the intake firing order.