flamesoldier
Well-Known Member
I have a 400 big block and I am doing a hughes whiplash cam. I just stabbed the cam in and i am ready to set initial sprocket timing. I installed cam and crank sprocket “dot to dot” with the cam dot pointing down and the crank dot pointing up all at 0 degrees and top dead center. My main question is i have seen many people on youtube etc do this same practice but dont say to turn motor over after they are dot to dot to have both dots point at 12 oclock because dot to dot is 180 degrees wrong and the car wont start unless the motor is turned to the 12 oclock orientation. Is this accurate? After installing dot to dot rotate motor so that the cam and crankshaft are at 12 oclock?