Cam Cap Numbering/Labeling

[Wizard]

Any arrow in the engine usually faces toward the timing belt OR front of the engine. It has been that way since the dawn of time. Pistons in a 350 SBC....arrows face forward, cam caps 2.0L Mitsu....arrows face timing belt (front of motor), Main and rod caps.....arrows face timing belt. But I can't remember right off the top of my head (shop manual says nothing), but like Goat Blower said...the cap numbers should all read from the thermostat side of the head. Except the end exhaust one....it says nothing. But you may be right....have to look into that next head yank.

Wiz

[john]

By process of elimination it is not that dificult. I figured it out myself in the garage. The numbers start with one at the front (t-belt side of the motor) and are labled. Jakey, if you have the head, set them all out in a pile and you should be able to figure it out. I have done it a few times.

[Goat Blower]

I used to have a diagram written with marker on my workbench back in the day. Now it seems self-explanatory, although I've probably worked on 30 heads since then.

[Onefast99gsx]

I just did my cams about 1 month ago after i upgraded to HKS 272's. E1 and I1 start at the timing belt. Each cam cap is labeled. If you position the head so the cam sensor side is towards you and the timing belt side away from you, the cam caps would go on so you could read the E1, E2, E3, etc.. in that way. If you got the timing belt side towards you and you can read the cam caps, then you have them on the wrong way. If you got them on the right way that i say, the arrows will be pointing the right direction.