Front cylinder on the drivers side.
if you stand in front of your truck, on the right hand side, closes to fan, remove your first spark plug, that's the #1 cylinder.AnswerThe above answer is incorrect unless you have a Chevrolet 400. The Ford 400 V8 number one cylinder is located passenger side, front of engine, not drivers side.
On a 1976 Pontiac 400 engine, the number one cylinder is located on the driver's side, at the front of the engine. This cylinder layout follows the standard convention for V8 engines, where odd-numbered cylinders are on the driver's side and even-numbered cylinders are on the passenger side. Thus, the number one cylinder is the first cylinder closest to the front of the vehicle.
That would be a 1978
The carbuerator advances the distributer.
18436572....and the front cylinder on the driver side is #1. Driver side 1357 PS 2468
how to set the timing on 1978 f100 ford 400 engine
Driver side front cylinder...... Driver side 1-3-5-7 Passenger side 2-4-6-8
whichever front cylinder is farther forward, like closer to the radiator is number one # 1 is on the drivers side front cylinder, firing order is 18436572, distributor has counter clockwise rotation.
Driver's side below number 5 and 7 next to exhaust pipe
a 400 small block Chevy has a 4.125" bore.
400