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Cylinders are numbered 1 to 4, front to back on the passenger side, and 5 to 8 on the driver side. Firing order is 15486372. Some other numbers that may help are; valve lash .018 hot (but actually runs better and quieter at .016), point gap is .015 which should yield a dwell of about 27 degrees, plugs gapped at .035, ignition timing between 6 and 10 BTDC (where it runs best, i.e., no pinging).
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1-5-4-8-6-3-7-2. The cylinder numbers can be found on the intake itself look where the ports enter the heads. I am more familiar with other v-8's but I believe Ford stuck with a similar convention on them all and that is to number them 1-4 starting in the front and going to the firewall on the passenger side and 5-8 on the driver's side front to back again. I hope this helps. Looks like you already received a wealth of information from a "Y-Block" enthusiast.
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1967 Galaxie 500 Convertible (I need factory rims)
1967 F-250 FE 390 4wd
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this old f350 flatbed is still a farm truck. she was rebuilt abt 20k ago and is stll oiling fine.
We have kept her almost stock. Big valve 312
heads, dual exhaust, and 4bbl are all we have
done.