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Originally Posted by blumule

Bear with me im learning . I know theres an intake and exhaust valve for each cylinder. Is the intake the first or second one from front of motor. After intake valve closes doesnt yhe exhaust start to open?

On the lead bank (passenger side) the ports are intake in front, exhaust in back - look at your intake manifold runner compared to your exhaust manifold/header port location and it is obvious how they are oriented. Your intake & exhaust have some amount of overlap - you can see how much on your cam card - when the exhaust is closing as the intake is opening.

Ford numbers its cylinders different than GM. Be sure you have the plug wires connected correctly.

http://www.boxwrench.net/specs/ford_352-428.htm

yall have been a tremendous help and i appreciate it alot. Ive try all this 12 times over. Could it be other issues? Let me mention when reinstalling my coil i accidently put both igniter wires to negative side of coil and turn over motor several seconds before stopping and coreccting. I havent mentioned this due to the fact that im getting something for it to backfire. Could my pertronix or coil be bad?

It started! finally. Never knew it would need this much advance.Dont know exactly how much i just turned dist way up and away she flew. Thanks for all the help

Originally Posted by blumule

It started! finally. Never knew it would need this much advance.Dont know exactly how much i just turned dist way up and away she flew. Thanks for all the help

So did you put a timing light on it to set your initial advance with the pertronix advance turned off?

Oh, I missed your post where it started............nevermind my earlier post.

Don

Originally Posted by blumule

It started! finally. Never knew it would need this much advance.Dont know exactly how much i just turned dist way up and away she flew. Thanks for all the help

good for you . i got in trouble on here once for saying people who dont know what they`re doing should`nt be working on stuff but you proved me wrong again

IM TRULY INDEBTED TO ALL even though its my own learning curve i went through. All seems to be fine. ran it at 2000 rpm for 25 min. timing was at 40 degrees. havent fine tuned yet . man this feels good. No leaks , overheat or other problems so far. Ive changed the oil, all looks good in the oil. I added a zinc additive to oil but havent restarted yet.What can i look for for a successful first time cam swap? I want to add it had a slight tap i think! not real sure with those flows roaring out back. Ive heard these xe comp cams are a little noisy due to aggrssive ramps.what do yall think?

Yep, they're noisy.