hey all, i was just wondering if anyone could take a look at this photo let me know if im on the right track.

i lined up the 2 marks while piston # 1 is at TDC. besides that is my timing basically done?

 

Yes, it is.

 

thanks man

 

Your cam timing is done... now you have to time the distributor/ignition.

 

if you ripped it apart and put it back together it will be ok like that, but looking at the picture the cam mark seems to be to the left and the crank to the right. Can't say for sure, might be slack in the timing chain

if you were building an engine with new camshaft, chain etc then I'd get a cam degreeing wheel and dial guage (usually with kit) to get the centerline of cam 100% correct as well as timing gear that can change the angles

but as said if you ripped stock engine apart and put it back together you are ok with the 12 o'clock and 6'o clock position. This is also called straight-up installation.

 

yeah the it is slightly off because i took the photo after removing the crank bolt so it slightly shifted when i was loosing it. but they were lined up with the piston at TDC.

thanks for the info guys. can anyone explain the process or give me a link to doing the distributor/ignition timing?

thanks

 

The basic timing is very simple. Crank to tdc. Make sure it's compression stroke of #1 cylinder. Both valves closed. If they are not turn crank another 360 degrees to tdc. Unfortunately I don't know from the top of my hat if that's already the case when you have it lined straight up. In a mopar engine I did a month ago it wasn't. Anyway drop distributor in so that rotor points to 1 o'clock. Direction master cylinder. Then put the cap on. The post where your rotor points to connect spark lead to #1 cylinder. Then follow anticlockwise on cap in firing order. That should be good enough to get the engine started. To time it properly you need a timing gun

 

Cam timing is not done until you verify it with a degree wheel and the cam card. If you don't do that, it's at your own peril.

ALWAYS degree the cam. ALWAYS

 

ya, i only bought a degree wheel two weeks ago for a Mopar 440 we're doing a few weeks time. at some time I'll go back to my own car and do just that ... I just didn't do it for the lack of a degree wheel and dial gauge.