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Is this the cylinder layout for the 2.5 duratech?

towards rear of car
1 3 5
2 4 6

Thanks,

Brandon

Cylinder layout!
123
456
Bumber

Firing order
1-4-2-5-3-6

-Andy

cool, thanks alot!

I've gotta know why firing order is important? You don't have a distributor, and the coil pack has the numbers on it.

Are you trying to find TDC at each cylinder?

TB

I didn't really mean firing order. I just wanted to verify the phisical location of cylinder 1.

Mmm.......firing orders and piston layouts....so much tastey goodness. Makes me miss discussing how beautifully balanced the inline 6 is........

Originally posted by DsCSVT:
Mmm.......firing orders and piston layouts....so much tastey goodness. Makes me miss discussing how beautifully balanced the inline 6 is........

What inline 6?

An inline 6 such as those that Ford used to make and General Motors and BMW still makes. An inline 6 is inherently much better balanced and smooth than any 4, V6, V8, or V10.

A little trivia. The firing order on most inline 6 engines is 153624. The way we were taught to remember that many years ago was with the little ditty "fifteen is too young, thirtysix is too old, but twentyfour is just right".

Firing order isn't 6-5-4-3-2-1-BLAST OFF???
Maybe that has been my problem all these years!!!
You learn something new everyday.

Originally posted by Big Jim:
An inline 6 such as those that Ford used to make and General Motors and BMW still makes. An inline 6 is inherently much better balanced and smooth than any 4, V6, V8, or V10.

A little trivia. The firing order on most inline 6 engines is 153624. The way we were taught to remember that many years ago was with the little ditty "fifteen is too young, thirtysix is too old, but twentyfour is just right".

I know what an inline 6 is but was unsure what inline 6 this guy was referring to. Contours don't have inline 6's so I was confused.

Ford actually make an inline 6 still here in Australia.

4.0L
Variable valve timing and Twin Cam in the recent upgrade
Good for about 182 kW (approx 240hp)

(Have a look at www.ford.com.au if u r interested.)

Used in the new Falcon here (the block is about a 40 year old design though!!)

there's also a turbo version with 240kW (320hp) available.

Originally posted by Kremithefrog:

Originally posted by Big Jim:
An inline 6 such as those that Ford used to make and General Motors and BMW still makes. An inline 6 is inherently much better balanced and smooth than any 4, V6, V8, or V10.

A little trivia. The firing order on most inline 6 engines is 153624. The way we were taught to remember that many years ago was with the little ditty "fifteen is too young, thirtysix is too old, but twentyfour is just right".

I know what an inline 6 is but was unsure what inline 6 this guy was referring to. Contours don't have inline 6's so I was confused.

I was referring to inline 6s in general, e.g. BMW. I am quite aware that my car does not, in fact, have an inline 6 in it.