SBC 350, Single engine. Marine-Power S5.7VR. Older Chris-Craft, water in two cylinders, pulled risers, sandwiched St. Stl. between common gaskets, hopefully take care of the water problem.
Typically the seawater transfer ports between the Manifolds and Elbows are completely blocked off IF the Manifolds are included within a Full Closed Cooling System.
This would prevent E/G coolant from exiting via the Elbows.
New to Reverse Rotation, owner purchased wrong starter, noticed distributor rotor turning CCW.
Yep.... turning a REV RH Rotation SBC over in the Std LH Rotation direction would certainly cause the distributor to rotate CCW.
Further review i guess these cams are ground to operate the valves in 12756438 valve timing
Yes!
interesting, but cam gears are cut to turn dist in normal rotation.
Basically, Yes! There are several methods used to rotate the REV RH Rotation engine camshaft.
Chain/Sprocket drive:
These turn the camshaft in the same direction as the crankshaft...... therefor with a REV RH Rotation engine, the "drive" and "driven" gear helical cuts must be opposite.
Four gear set up:
I. E., crank gear, cam gear and twin idler gears..... these do same as the Chain/Sprocket drive.
Twin gear drive:
Twin gears turn the REV RH Rotation engine's camshaft in the STD LH direction....... therefor the "drive" and "driven" gear helical cut remains the same.
Regardless of engine rotation, the distributor and oil pump will always rotate CW.