here is what confused me in the past, look at the diagrams showing the flywheel end of the motor and the firing order.
Something Mark said months ago just (finally) sunk in. I can be trained, but sometimes it takes a lot of work.....
"Paul the Q motor has the cylinders numbered the same way as every other 350 SBC 1 being on the left side to the front of the motor. What throws most people off is the fact that the flywheel is in the front of the motor not at the back, the motor was not reversed it is just a flywheel forward motor. Here are some pics from my manual what you need to remember is the shaft to the trans is coming out the opposite end from the flywheel."
It finally dawned on me that a flywheel can be put on the front or rear of the motor. I had fallen into the mindset that the flywheel end of a motor is a constant that won't change, which is incorrect.
Thanks Mark, for clearing up this issue. The photo above shows a 327Q with a flywheel forward, with the motor pointing forward, and with the distributor in the traditional forward "GM" position. Now it all makes sense to me, duh!
Regards,
Paul