318 LA Rotor position and TDC questions

4spdragtop said

Lots of good advice here. Take a deep breath, do some reading on here, TONS of info on timing, TDC and startup. Rushing it may cause a catastrophe.
For future reference, both dots on cam and crank gear need to be at 12 oclock for #1 tdc.
Good luck

Click to expand...

Good to know, I set up my timing chain at 12:00 crank and 6:00 cam TDC on #1 cylinder. Opinions flying around everywhere and terminology that I am learning as I go. I guess that I should totally re-think what I thought I had figured out and do the finger test on #1 to get the correct starting point for the new distributor. I really thought that the dots needed to be at 6 and 12....this has been fun, but frustrating. ****!