SpeedViktm

Installed new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor tonight. Now the car won't start. Backfires thru the exhaust which tells me it's not firing at the right times. What the heck did I screw up???

Video of the wires

beg3yrs

Looks like your #6 wire is going to the #5 plug and vice-versa. Can't tell for sure but looking at how the wires go over the valve cover, that may be your problem.

Skully

was going to mention same thing! I am sure its just an illusion to the eye! If that isn't the dealiyo, if this car was not with you since original and if this is your first wire change/firing order, I would set the engine to TDC #1 compression stroke, and pop the cap see where the rotor is. They do run 180 degrees out, you just have to move the wires around!

SpeedViktm

FIXED!! The dual-to-single conversion set the timing 180 degrees off. "Wait... what dual-to-single conversion???" you say.....

I did not look at the wires before disconnecting the old stuff, my bad, I just assumed they were in the proper order... When I got the car it had some kind of dual-point to single-point conversion, I have no idea what was done to make the dual-point distro run on only one set of points... Not a distro swap, the dual was somehow made to run on one set of points. I subsequently installed the Euro-curve true single-point distro from my other car which ran fine.

Anyhow, with that funky swap the dual distro was using the points on the right, a true single point has them on the left, therefore 180 degrees different.

Skully

Well glad you figured it out, not going to lie, never heard of points being left or right, but have heard of dizzy being installed 180 out and still working.