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Hello everyone this should be easy for me yet i keep second guessing my self I build a 69 coup for sons first car and got engine that owner said had a dead hole witch it didn't but anyway long story short bottom end is a 302 and has old cast heads off a 351w cam is a 280h stamped on the end witch cam with unit witch firing order is the correct one or gets the most out of engine .
 

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280 H is a great cam ,slightly rough idle but great power .
Now ,ford has 2 different firing orders for this cam ,it interchanges with the 351 and that firing order is different
The 351 order is 13726548
The 289 302 is 15426378 .
They both work in both motors but you have to know the firing order of the cam in use . Simply try both fireing orders if you do not know what cam it is ,you will know if it is the wrong fire order
 
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horse sence said:
280 H is a great cam ,slightly rough idle but great power .
Now ,ford has 2 different firing orders for this cam ,it interchanges with the 351 and that firing order is different
The 351 order is 13726548
The 289 302 is 15426378 .
They both work in both motors but you have to know the firing order of the cam in use . Simply try both fireing orders if you do not know what cam it is ,you will know if it is the wrong fire order
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Thanks for the info went ahead and tryed to run it on the 351 order but wouldn't even start changed it back and it fired right up thanks again
 
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