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.
Pass., side front.
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.
Cylinder locations Chevy 396: Driver's side front to rear: 1-3-5-7 Passenger side front to rear: 2-4-6-8
When the center exhaust valves are side by side (siamese), it's a small block (EIIEEIIE). Big blocks are symmetrical (EIEIEIEI).
Drivers side, front to rear, 1,3,5,7, pass side front to rear 2,4,6,8.
Well, in my day a Chevy "Big Bloc" meant a V-8 of approx 454 cid ...
Drivers side, front to rear, 1,3,5,7. Pass., side, front to rear, 2,4,6,8.
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.
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.
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