[Walt Fricke]

I would venture the guess that Ken knows that. Backward on the right side would have the sprocket facing out.

Once you realize the relationship between the cams and the cylinder banks, with left forward, and right back, and that the cam wheels are to be installed to minimize this offset, you won't make the mistake. Of course, Wayne's or Bruce Anderson's books make this very clear with diagrams and such.

I am interested to hear that the misinstalled gear actually worked pretty well. A mechanic/machinist buddy once told me that if you were two shims off you could tell while hand rotating the engine with the covers off that things weren't meshing right. I've tried looking at how parallel the links are, especially on the idler. But not to the point of being systematic about it, so I can't say as this is a valid test or not. I thought I saw something, but not sure.