ok one of the weirdest things ive ever seen. My dizzy firing order is backwards. My friend noticed it first. My order is
2
4 1
3

his is

3
1 4
2
just like it should be in the book. I tried to hook mine up like his and my car spun over and backfired and woulndt crank. Whats my problem this is beyond strange
all of my Z6 buddies have the correct order but me. Help me please.

 

heres some pics

 

yours is right. his is wrong.

google and google images are your friend.

 

your wires are ALL JACKED UP
on your valve cover it should be like this
dizzy-#4 #3 #2 #1 timingbelt
the on your dizzy it should be like this

3
1 4
2

 

and im also sure your dizzy is 180 out...

 

 

How can it be 180 off? the rotor and dizzy only fit one way. This is beyond me. Its been like this since i got the car

 

your dizzy isn't rotated out, thats how mine looks

but the sequence is
---3---
1-----4
---2---

 

Right. But how do I fix this? Its obviously not correct. I just wonder what someone did to make it like that. How do I fix it? What's the issue?

 

You have the wrong wires going to the wrong cylinders. Take them all off and start over. The longest wire goes to #1, next shortest to #2 and so on. Here's a better shot of the z6.

 

nah dude you dont understand my car runs the way it is in the pics i posted thats whats weird. if i hook them up like you guys are telling me the car wont start
2
4 1
3

thats my order and thats the way my car runs. i dont get it

 

i drive every day. good power good mileage. its just 180 off. why?

 

Does it matter? If it's working? See post #8.

 

Not really i guess. just worried about tuning for boost. Its just not how it was from Honda which bothers me

 

PPut your wires in the correct order.
Put your motor to TDC. Make sure the end rotor on the dizzy is lined up
Then unscrew the bolt on your rotor and put the rotor or spin it to where it is right on the #1 cyl.
Your dizzy is 180 out whether you know it or not but do like I said and time everything and you should be running right

 

Agreed. Flip your numerical firing order 180 and you have your buddies 'correct' order. This is so ****ing basic & simple I don't understand how you or your friends have yet to catch this.


Flip your dizzy 180 since it is obviously upside down.

 

i don't know how the hell it can be 180 out one groove is bigger then the other for a reason that this cant happen unless you force it. his order is correct your order is 180 out and im surprised it even run's this way. you should check the internals of the dizzy to make sure it has the correct rotor on it.

 

we arent dumb lol and you cant flip the dizzy it only bolts one way and the key is offset so you cant be wrong thats why i was confused. and usually the rotor has a groove so it only fits one way also

 

will do i'll recheck all this and see whats up thanks guys!

 

I just had the same problem, you have the wrong dizzy on your car. IDK from which car but its the wrong one heres the reason why, your firing order is backwards because the rotor is 180 degrees off, make sure on the new one the rotor points in the opposite direction. Of course your car will still start because the firing order is correct for the old dizzy. You will gain more power too!

 

that's what i was going to say.... Wrong Distributor. Get the right one for your motor. Problem solved.

 

I hate to revive a dead thread, but this one shows up when searching for the problem. If your wiring is "wrong" but the car runs, the distributor's cam shaft was put together 180 degrees out of phase. To fix it, you take the distributor off, undo the clip on the cam shaft housing enough to push the pin out, rotate it 180 degrees and put it back together. This has a good example. Doing this revived a dead car for me that had me stumped for a long time. I believe it was because the injectors and spark plugs are no longer paired correctly and the ECU eventually got so confused trying to adjust them to the point the car no longer ran.