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How many firing orders are there in a straight six engine?

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The firing order is the sequence in which spark is sent from the distributor to the different numbered cylinders. there is only 1 firing order per engine, but each engine manufacturer may use a different one depending on how the engine is built. In example for a four cylinder Isuzu engine the firing order is 1,3,4,2 and the cylinders are numbered 4,3,2,1 from front to back, so as the distributor rotor turns the spark is first sent to cylinder 1 which is at the top of its compression stroke, then it goes to number 3 which is the next cylinder to reach the top of its compression stroke and so on.

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