ENGINE WIRING DIAGRAMS

[Ramfins59]

I found these sheets in a pile of reference pictures and paperwork and thought it might help anyone who likes to wire their model engines in the correct firing order. Enjoy...

http://images51.fotki.com/v303/photos/9/3018309/12963096/001738x1024-th.jpg

http://images16.fotki.com/v388/photos/9/3018309/12963096/002741x1024-th.jpg

Sorry.... they're way too small to see. I've got to figure out how to enlarge them.

Edited May 4, 2014 by Ramfins59

[Force]

loose the -th between the 1024 and .jpg at the end of the link.

Edited May 4, 2014 by Force

[MrObsessive]

Here ya go Rich!

The first ones a little fuzzy, but I get the idea.

[Ramfins59]

Thanks a lot Bill, I appreciate your help on this. I was just going back into my Fotki to try to do that.

[blunc]

thanks for the info that a few of us will enjoy for our own reasons.

although a few of the "free form" builders may think about calling you a "rivet counter" now, I personally think that it isn't really that hard to build it like the real ones if you're going to add in that particular detail to start with.

[Ramfins59]

Mike, I usually don't always wire my model engines in the correct firing order. I just decided to post these diagrams to help anyone who may like to or want to do that.......... just trying to be helpful here.

[blunc]

I'm not picking on ya RIch, it's great info.

Thank you for passing it on to us.

[DrGlueblob]

One of the car model mags had these back in the 90's. Anyone remember which one it was?

[MrObsessive]

One of the car model mags had these back in the 90's. Anyone remember which one it was?

It may have been "Car Modeler"-------but I'm not sure. The '90's were a long time ago!

[Ramfins59]

Geeze... you must be getting old Bill. The 90's were "only" 20 or so years ago...LOL

[High octane]

What good does it do to wire a model car engine in the correct firing order? A lot of lookers don't know the correct firing order and the model car WON'T start anyway.

[Michael in Illinois]

After I fill them with high test, turn the key and say vroom mine start!!!!!!!!!!

[Ace-Garageguy]

What good does it do to wire a model car engine in the correct firing order? A lot of lookers don't know the correct firing order and the model car WON'T start anyway.

True enough, but it helps to avoid the "hair-part" look a lot of models end up with, having 4 wires, all the same length, on each side of the distributor. And it's just another detail that SOME folks like to get right in the pursuit of realism. Kinda like throttle-return springs that don't actually DO anything.

For every additional detail, or level of detail, you could conceivably say "what good does it do?" What good does it do to put plug wires on a model, at all? For that matter, what good does it do to even put an engine in a model? It won't run anyway. And so, some folks are content to build 'curbsides" with no internal guts.

Each builder has his own definition of 'enough accuracy'.

Edited May 6, 2014 by Ace-Garageguy

[ratdoggy]

What good does it do to wire a model car engine in the correct firing order? A lot of lookers don't know the correct firing order and the model car WON'T start anyway.

But if it does start it will backfire through the carb and that's not good.

[blunc]

probly won't start anyway, plastic timing chains just aren't beefy enough to turn the plastic bump-sticks without break-in lube.

the piston return springs would have to be replaced immediately.

[DrGlueblob]

I don't tend to be real A.R. about it, but it does look better than the "hair-part" Ace mentioned.

[High octane]

I hafta agree that was a good point that Ace brought up. I've been usin' magnetos lately.

[Force]

The only reason I do close to correct firing order is to avoid the hair part syndrome...it looks better if it's close to correct.

But it doesn't matter how you do as the firing order on the distributor depends on how it's put in and where the distributor arm points when the number 1 cylinder is at TDC...that's allways 1 regardless of what the diagrams say and you have to start there.

Edited May 8, 2014 by Force