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Help! Ignition problem

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I have a 65 289 Mustang vert. I just finished up headers and put the plus wires back in and it runs like crap on maybe 4 cyl. I remember when i took the wires off they didnt seem to be in the correct order but failed to mark them, thinking "ill fix em the right way." Well i put them in as the book says and it has gone to poop. Any ideas why it would run better with the plus wires not in the factory order??? Help!!
 

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Your distributor may not be engaged in the optimum position resulting in a different plug #1 position. Find top dead center (intake and exhaust valves closed on piston #1 with piston at top of cylinder, timing mark at 0 deg.) then take the distributor cap off and see where the rotor is pointing. This is where the #1 plug wire should be. Then follow around with the correct firing order.

Or - pull the distributor at this point and re-index it so it's pointing where the book tells you and then re-wire it.
 
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oops wrong thread, but similar...
 
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