hi help i haveadodge la 360 that had lifter problems wheni dissassembled it it neededacam andlifters soibought a basicrvcam from summit new timing set now the problem when i set the crank with the old cam it would not line up 1 tdc it was 180 off on the dist so i put the new cam in straight up 0 the crank key about 2 oclock the cam with the key way at 4 oclock the timing marks lined up on both sprockets set the oil slot facing towards num 1 cylinder drop the distributor in on num 1 put it together when i whent to crank it i had to move the wires 180 to save pulling the distrib to fire it runs good but its 180 out could my problem be that i should of rotated the cran 360 more or 1 turn when i hook my timing ligt up to num 6 it reads 10 btdc the only thing i can think of is that the crank is 360 off help

 

please answer someone who can tell me if the crank is 1 turn off and if it is because it runs fine now 180 off it it will hurt any thing

 

on chrysler V8s when the dots on the crank and cam sprocket are lined up the dist rotor will point to # 6 cyl. the factory book does not say ANYTHING about the dist, or its rotor. dont worry about anything BUT the dots lining up .

 

I'm a little confused by one thing in your post, did you take the distributer out or not? because from what i gather they are like chevy distributers they will either be right or 180 out if it is 180 out and you moved the wires accordingly then everything is fine, if you didn't then it probably wouldn't run at all basically as long as the rotor is sending the spark to the right cylinder at the right time your good to go.

just noticed... you said when you put your timing light on number 6..... which wire are you talking about... the wire which goes to the 2nd cylinder from the back on the passenger side, or what you think is number 6 because thats where you've moved the number 1 wire to?

 

You have to pull the distributor to replace the cam.
When you install timing set correctly engine will be at TDC for the # 6 cylinder.
So to get to TDC on #1 you have to turn the crank a full 360 degree's.
He didnt do that.
So when he install the distributor according to his manual, which he did do correcty, he had the distributor timed to #6 cylinder instead of #1.
Not knowing this he put the wires in their correct order with #1 wire where it should be according to his manual but timed to #6 cylinder which is 180 degree out of time.
So he had to move his plug #1 plug wire to where the number #6 would be and then from there route them clockwise according to the firing order.

Dave

 

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j...yoLeK2D84LCB9g

This link shows it the way I was thinking things were on a dodge. which is the same as it is on a chevy smallblock dist

Op it honestly doesnt matter to the engine weather the dist shaft is in properly or 180 degrees out as long as you have moved the wires accordingly it's still firing the same cylinder at the same time and it wont hurt nothing.

 

Correct, it will not hurt anything the way he has it.

Dave

 

glad you think that too Dave

 

yall are right apparently dodge when the crank and cam marks are meeting its on the num 6 cyl i couldnt for the life of me get that so i pulled the plug 1 tdc on commpression rotated the dis to 1 and its fine thanks for your answers