Help wiith timing chain.

[ctspoolintsi]

ok i have never done a v8 or a chain before but i have done timing before. i took motor apart for a e303 and couple other things i wanted to look over. now my issue.

First i lined up the marks at 12oclock on the crank and 6 on the cam tightend it all down and thought i was done. then my buddie asked if i checked to make sure cyl was up top. i didnt so i went back pulled the chain and 1st plug and spun crank and felt the little puff of air with my thumb and then put a screw driver down the hole and it was close to the top only needed to move crank like about a tooth or 2 to get it up top. then again i made sure the cam sprocket was in line and installed it all again. then friend asked me ok pistion 1 was up but was it up on compression. ? so now im alittle confused . should i take it back apart ? is the current way i have it correct. i would like to get this 100% correct before i go finshing installing other things.

Car is a 95 5.0 5 speed.

 

[OnyxCobra]

I'm pretty sure you don't have to worry about that for the timing chain but rather the distributor. the chain can only go on the right way as long as you have the two dots together. someone correct me if I'm wrong but i didn't worry about the piston location when i did mine.

 

[CC'S95GT]

If the cam gear can only go on 1 way then your good. Some cam gears allow for a change cam timing.
Since air pushed your finger out of the plug hole then it's on compression stroke. If it was on exhaust then the exhaust vlv would have been open.
When you stab the dizzy, make sure the rotor is pointing to #1 spark plug wire.

 

[Mnstrstang]

Dude dot to dot for the timing chain. Ur good tdc like previously stated for the distributor.