HELP!!!!installed cylinders and piston assembly on wrong spigot

[Mingus]

Okay, first a little history. I am rebui;lding my 3.0 sc (1978) I have reground 964 elgin cams, rockers resurfaced at ollies, new custom JE pistons going into original jugs which were still perfectly round/ovality zero (complete aside, but will be runnning bitz racing efi) heads were fine, cleaned up and new seats/seals installed. so last night i start putting it together and got 1-3 on and...

i have clyinder 1 on spigot 3 and 3 on 1. obviously i can mix match the pistons as they are all the same and brand new. the cylinders measured the same. so the question is do i bust my knuckles up again putting the correct cylinders in the matching spigots or do i just leave them (for those that done this themselves, you know there are risks of damaging rings, pistons, etc... by reattempting this.) if i leave it alone, do i fit the corresponding head to the cylinder or case location?

i am assuming since everything is new or reconditioned my dilemma is more of a non-issue.

thoughts?

addtionally, with reconditioned rockers (new bushings) and newly refurbed cams, old location probably doesn't matter, right?


here is a pic of the first on (1 on 3)

[lindy 911]

With all new pistons, it does not matter. You can put any cylinder in any spigot.

Lindy

[db_cooper]

Non issue.

[Mingus]

thanks guys. i can leave the bandages on for another day... frickin circlips

[cmcfaul]

make sure the cylinder is not upside down. I believe the beefier side goes down.

Chris

73 911 E fresh from similar rebuild

[sc_rufctr]

Make sure you put the heads back on the original cylinders otherwise all good.

[dtw]

Non issue as above - though if you can, it would be nice to weight-match the pistons and the rods. Looks like you're not going in that deep, though.

Check the orientation on that sump plate, looks off to me. Could be wrong.