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'92 camaro boss

Ok, so last weekend i took the heads off of the el camino and had them rebuilt.. i also picked up a new intake and 4 barrel carb.. so i put it all back together yesterday.. but i made a dumb...dumb mistake, i don't know which spark plug wire goes where.. can anyone help me out?

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:39 am Post subject:

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

'92 camaro boss · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:41 am Post subject:

i got that.. but what should be 8 is way too long, so i'm a little lost

aaron_sK · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:43 am Post subject:

As long as it's at TDC, and you know where #1 is, the length of the wire is really not important. If one is to long, just swap it with one that's a little bit to short.

'92 camaro boss · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 10:44 am Post subject:

Alright, i'm going to get out there in a bit and try to get it hooked up.. hopfully i don't mess anything up lol

Quasi-Traction · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 12:21 pm Post subject:

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

All the odd numbered cylinders are on the drivers side.
Even numbered cylinders on the passenger.

as for the wires, do what aaron suggested.

you'll be fine Thumbs up

Twilightoptics · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 2:05 pm Post subject:

Turn the motor over by hand until you see the intake valve on the driver side front cylinder (#1) closes. Then continue to turn the motor over by hand until the timing mark on the balancer reaches 0º on the timing pointer.

Then drop your distributor in. Where ever the rotor is pointing, the #1 spark plug wire needs to be connected to.

Doesn't matter where in the plane of 360º as long as the above.

The distributor will only go in one of two ways because of the oil pump drive at the bottom. However, you can use a long flathead screw driver to turn the oil pump to whatever angle you want.

Typically people setup the distributor so that the rotor is facing the #1 cyl. So turn the oil pump until you have it so when the dizzy is in, the rotor faces said direction. Again, it really doesn't matter.

'92 camaro boss · Posted: Mon Oct 27, 2008 3:22 pm Post subject:

yea i made sure i had it pointing there, and i got the cap on right, it was just the wires wern't touched so it was odd that when i went to hook 8 up it was sooo long, i havn't had a chance to go look, i'll hopfully get to it tomarrow