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Is my distributor in wrong? (pic included)

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  • Start date Start date Jun 6, 2010

Joe 5.0

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I have been chasing a misfire and have replaced the following parts:

- Spark plugs
- Cap & Rotor
- Spark plugs

The distributor is brand new, and is a OEM unit (not MSD).

Since I've owned the car the cap has always been turned 180* from what the letters say. Now, my tuner did adjust the timing by moving the dist, so I assume if it was ut of whack he would have fixed it.

Am I wrong in thinking that the MSD letters should be facing the correct way?





Thanks and any suggestions for a misfire @ 4700+ rpm would be helpful. I'm pretty sure the grounds are all good, and next step is the HI6. It made 400rwhp, then it starts to misfire and cut out.
 

revhead347

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Shouldn't matter how the cap is turned. If something was seriously wrong with the cap it would have a misfire all the time. What are your plugs gapped too? More likely it's something else electronic.

Kurt
 

Adam95GT

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Direction of the cap doesent matter at all....
 

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I take it you already changed the sparkplug wires as well ? Looks like they are Crane wires - are those wires new(er) or old ?
 
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