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HopeHoops

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7. Wow. I had a 73 455 4bbl in a Buick Centurian. Funny thing about that...

Reply to Throd (Reply #6)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 10:55 AM

Jan 2012

I took the octopus off it and strapped on new wires using the firing sequence. It ran great up until about 45 and I couldn't figure it out. I took it to a mechanic and he swapped two of the wires. This confused me.

Unlike my 68 Galaxie's 390, Buick sequences alternate sides rather than running front to back. The rotor also moves counter-clockwise, not clockwise. I did the transformation on paper when I got home and sure as shit, two of the wires were wrong - THE OTHER SIX WERE CORRECT! Pure chance.

I still have the Galaxie, but "The Walrus" went to the great junk yard in the sky over ten years ago.

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Wow. I had a 73 455 4bbl in a Buick Centurian. Funny thing about that... HopeHoops Jan 2012 #7