Pontiac 350 cyl. numbering?

...are the cylinders numbered on a 72 Pontiac 350 like a SBC...such as driver's side 1357 and p*** side 2468 from the front.
thanks

 

yes, the book i have goes 70-87 and thats what it shows

 

While the firing order is the same there are 2 very important differences pontiac vs chevy..
First is that the dist turns COUNTER clockwise.. (Chevy is clockwise)
Second is the cyls are numbered 1,3,5,7 drivers side and 2,4,6,8 psgr side BUT the pontiac engine furthest forward cyl is # 2 !!! ( the only engine that I know of that the furthest forward cyl is NOT # 1 !
This info applies to 62 and up..
Dave

 

Yes, but keep in mind that the distributor turns the opposite direction of a sbc (CCW).

 

Not sure why you said 62 and up. What you wrote applies to all Pontiac V-8s 1955-1981.

All of the GM and Chrysler engines from the day had the same firing order. It was Ford that had a different one.

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Thanks for that info.

 

Flathead Ford has #1 behind #5.

 

I think the reason that the rod numbering is 2-1, 4-3, etc. on the Pontiac's of the 70's is because they originally had number 1 on the right bank like the Buicks. At some point in the late 60's-early 70's GM standardized No. 1 as being on the left bank.

 

quick look at some old chilton manuals shows that this is not the case at all. Buick nailheads had 1 on the p*** side from 53-66, while the smaller Buick V8s started out with #1 on the driver side from the beginning in 1961. Pontiacs had #1 on the driver side from the beginning (1955)