Hey guys I need some help with my car. I have a 1990 firebird 3.1l and randomly one day it started idling rough and wouldn't rev past 2000 Rpms and it was back firing so I replaced the fuel pump and filter and it still did the same thing so I replaced the distributor and timed it and now it doesn't start at all. It just cranks till the battery dies I'm thinking I didn't time it right I took spark plug one out and manually cranked it till air came out and I put the cap back on and put plug one on where the rotor pointed on the firing diagrams it says plug 5 should go there does it matter where I put spark plug one?

 

if you dont put the plugs in the right order they wont fire right. im not sure abotu why your car isnt firing up. sorry i couldnt be more help

 

Well on the distributor cap it's spose to be 123456 but I have it 561234 would that matter as long as it's in order or does the one have to be in a specific spot?

 

to be safe i would put it the right way. its labeled for a reason right??

 

LOL

Technically that's still 1-2-3-4-5-6.

There's no specific start point, as long as the rotor is pointing at each cylinder's spark plug terminal when that cylinder is at TDC compression stroke it will run.

 

haha well here is some1 who knows stuff. i was just trying to be helpful without messing anything up! goodluck tho