May have screwed up installing new cam. Need help!
Hello everyone! I decided to upgrade the cam in my 273 that I'm putting in my 63 Valiant. I'm new at doing this and, after some reading and a few videos after the fact, I realized I may have made a mistake. I'll go over what I can remember what I did because I did this almost 2 years ago and the engine has been sitting ever since.
Before opening the engine, I found top dead center of the #1 piston by watching the valves open and close.
I installed the cam gears dot to dot after putting in the new cam.
I re installed the distributor facing the #1 cylinder.
What gets me nervous is I dont remember moving the crank from tope dead center, yet the timing mark is way off. Did I do this right? Should I have set the crank to the timing mark instead of top dead center of #1? Is there a way to fix this if I have screwed anything up? Any help would be appreciated as I don't want to fire this thing up for cam break-in until I know for certain I've got this straightened out. Thanks all!