Stock 440 rebuild: direction of piston

Turning them doesnt raise any compression. it simply is less friction when the piston is coming down. But manufacturers havent used offests in years because it meant having extra aprt numbers for a very small gain. And, as said, you have to dismount the rods from the pistons to turn them around and have the rods face the fillets properly. The rods only fit one way.

If the rods only fit one way, and I never removed the pistons from the rods, then that means I had them in the correct way, right? (with the marks facing the flywheel). If not, they wouldn't fit the other way (marks facing the timing cover), right?

Either way, I had time to remove the pistons and rods today, but I didn't have time to install them back on. I was too busy dealing with some retarded cam problems, which I'll save for another thread if I can't figure it out. Thanks!