Pass., side front.
Number one cylinder for v8 and v6 is always the front cylinder on the head that sticks further out on the front of the engine. The heads are offset on all v6 and v8 engines.
Drivers side, front to rear, 1,3,5,7. Passenger side, front to rear, 2,4,6,8. Firing order, 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2.
Well, in my day a Chevy "Big Bloc" meant a V-8 of approx 454 cid ...
rotor should point to cylinder #1
The 400 Chevy is a small block engine. The 400 BIG BLOCK Chevy does not exist! 402 big block Chevy does. it seems in the early 70s Chevy put 402s in their pick ups and they had 400 badges. this opened the can of worms known as the non-existant big block 400.
yes
Yes.
1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 all small block and big block firing patterns are 1,8,4,3,6,5,7,2 for Chevy
A small or big block Chevy have a casting number on the top of the block behind the driver side head. MorTec has Chevy casting numbers listed online.
Chevy to Chevy...yes.
It is a small block
Yes it can, you will also need the big block pickup tube