Lemme see if I can clarify...
Definitely number 1 intake. I am certainly capable of using an exhaust by mistake. lol
The first readings I got (1st post), were about 98*. The crank gear was installed on the "0". Also, the crank gear was installed on "0" when I disassembled it. (To check what was inside an unknown-to-me engine.)
I moved the crank gear to the "A"dvanced position hoping to retard it to somewhere close to 108*.
That's when I started getting the 113* readings.
I stopped and rechecked everything and reset my indicator.
Moved the crank gear back to "0". Now I have gotten 108* twice, and I'm going to check it a couple more times.
Of course, that's the reading I should've gotten the first time. Maybe my TDC wasn't right, and I think my indicator may have been dragging on the side of the lifter bore.
The head gasket that was on it when I got it was .051 compressed. I'm using the MP P4120094, which is .038 new.
I'll check PV. It had a minimum of .180 I and E with the .051 gasket (at "0", of course).
I measured the open area on 1 cylinder. It is .070. I'll clay that with the thinner gasket and see what it is between piston and head.
Yes, a good time to check! I even have a set of the thicker gaskets in case.
