The number 1 cylinder on the Chevy 305 is the front cylinder on the drivers side. The drivers side is odd numbers, the passenger side is even.
Front driver side.
Drivers side, first one from front.
WHEN INSTALING THE DISTRIBUTOR THE ROTARY BUTTON HAS TO BE POINTING AT THE NUMBER 1 CYLINDER AT TDC
the number 1 cylinder is on the left side (drivers side) all the way up front. (closest to the water pump/fan)
no1 on the distributor always points towards the no one cylinder
5All Factors of 305:1, 5, 61, 305
Driver's side, front.
If you are in the drivers seat it is the front left cylinder. Here is a hint for you. On almost all V engines if you look closely you will notice that one cylinder is actually forward of the others. For instance on the 305 if you place a straight edge directly over the spark plug to the other side of the engine you will see that the other spark plug is further back than the #1 plug. The cylinder farthest forward is number 1.
your number one cylinder is on the front driverside of the engine it is also cast into the stock intake of most all V8's
There are 8 of them, 1 per cylinder.
passenger side are cylinder numbers 1,3,5, and 7 drivers side are cylinder number 2,4,6, and 8 firing order is 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2
The firing order for 78 Regal with a 305 v8 is 1-8-4-3-6-5-7-2. The number one cylinder is the front one on the drivers side.