I feel really, really dumb.

I was changing my spark plug wires and got mixed up as to which wire goes to which spark plug.

If I'm going from left to right is it:

1-2-3-4 <--at the 'start'
|..|..|..|
|..|..|..|
1-2-3-4 <--at the spark plug


Or some other order...I feel really stupid...and I hope someone understands my question and can answer it.

After looking into it a bit more...

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...ficial%26sa%3DN




I'm assuming it's similar to the 2.4 and is:

4123
4321

I'm thinking that's probably, but I would certainly appreciate if anyone could confirm that.

Cheers

Is this a 420A or the 4G63?

If it's the 420A then it's just straight down, in that order. Not sure on the 4G63 though. I think it's 1-3-2-4...

But for that reason, you should have 1 of 2 things...

Haynes or Chilton Repair Manual...

OR

Tape to mark which wire came from where. :D

EDIT: Looks like my post took too long... I have a habit of that....

4g63
Lol...you're very right. Lesson learned! lol

if its for ur gst the order is


1234 atr coil packs
4321 at spark plugs

might be wrong but that how i think it is lol

I put them on in the order that was in my 2nd to last post.

Was hoping that someone could confirm if that order was right...


Or does anyone know if it were not right that it would not lead to catastrophic engine failure... :mellow: (seriously...not sure what would happen)

All that would happen is your engine turns over but doesn't start, I think.

Another way to tell the firing order, is remove the plugs, and use a breaker bar to rotate the engine. Note the order that the cylinders reach the top, and that should be your firing order.

EDIT: I reviewed that autozone page you posted earlier. Says your firing order is 1-3-4-2. So, you just...wait... Actually... I don't know, I thought the 420A was 1-2-3-4, but this says it's the same firing order for all the engines...

Hmmm.... I'll get back to you on this...

ill look in my book tomorrow and tell u for sure it late now so i dont wanna run to my car lol but ill let ya know

The firing order is 1 3 4 2. From the looks of it (in the haynes manual) the coil pack is 4 1 2 3.

Click me

Ok, look, it's alot more simple than any of you realize, lol.

The cylinder closest to the cam gears is the number 1 cylinder, the farthest is the number 4, so as you are looking at the engine it's 4321.

If you look on the plate that the coil packs bolt to really closely, it has the cylinder numbers stamped into it, so just connect the dots.

The only way they could make it more fool-proof is if they numbered the valve cover too!

Oh, and if your car runs, you wired it correctly. Since they just have 2 coils, two plugs always fire at once. 1 & 4 fire at the same time, so are 2 & 3 (on the 2ga anyways) you can't fire 1/2 a coil. All I am getting at is if your car runs, you did it right and it doesn't matter if you swapped two wires connected to the same coil because they fire at the same time anyway. If you swapped wires not connected to the same coil, you car will not start at all.

Okay, so I hooked everything up and it runs, but it feels a lot slower.

What do you guys think is causing this?

Details:

Car runs, so I guess the wires are hooked up correctly
Magstar 10mm wires
Pregapped NGK Iridium BKR6 EIX-11 spark plugs
Put a little Dielectric grease in the spark plug boot end of the wires
I replaced the Fuel Pressure Solenoid at the same time as I did the plugs

Any ideas?