<VV> Ignition Firing Order Comparison

[Charles Lee]

Looks like I have a "First Edition" 1965 Corvair Manual !
Now if I only had Ed Cole autograph it !

I wonder if there are any other changes I might need ?

Does firing order '1-6-3-4-5-2 ' work for ANY car ?  It seems weird to
me.

Corvair's firing order makes sense : it makes two 'triangles' with the
pistons.

'1-6-3-4-5-2' just seems to skip around and doesn't distribute the load
like the Corvair does.

Here's a Comparison of the Corvair's correct Firing Order and the
erroneous one :
www.yourbuyersinn.com/FiringOrderComparison.JPG


Here is a new, shorter link to the original GM diagram (that is wrong) :

www.yourbuyersinn.com/CorvairManualErrors.jpg

Does our historian have any ideas ?

Thanks
Charlie

PS:

The 'offending' plug wire and Firing Order diagram was scanned from an
original 1965 GM manual.
(It just has a 1964 copyright date.)

CL


-----Original Message-----
From: Craig Nicol [mailto:nicolcs at aol.com] 
Sent: Sunday, September 21, 2008 11:00 PM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org; chaz at ProperProPer.com
Subject: RE: 1965 GM manual (page 6Y-19,Fig 8i) Spark Plug Wire


Charlie asked: "Is this diagram correct ?

This is from the GM manual (page 6Y-19, Fig 8i) for 1965 for spark plug
wire placement, but it looks wrong ?

http://www.yourbuyersinn.com/Cars/Corvair/CorvairManualPlugWirePlacement
Errors.jpg
What do you think ?

Maybe this is an early edition of the manual before they corrected it ?
Or am I looking at it upside-down or something ?

Thanks for proofing it for me,
Charlie"

Craig replies:
The picture you published is incorrect. I have two copies of the '65
Manual. One was purchased with a 65 Corsa that I bought from its
original owner and the other was purchased in 1972. Both copies have the
same picture and it's correct in my manuals and both are different from
the picture that you published. Your book must indeed be a very early
copy that was corrected in later printings. 

If your diagram were numbered 135 front to rear on the left and 246
front to rear on the right, the distributor comes out right so we know
the mistake the artist made! Craig