Bob's 55 (10/22/2010)

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charliemccraney (10/22/2010)

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It all started a long time ago when early humans needed a way to quantify, count, and measure things. It started as a simple tally mark according to evidence found on bones from about 35000 years ago. About 3500 years ago, something more significant was needed for the more complex societies, such as the Mesopotamia base 60 system and the slightly newer Egyptian base 10 system. Because of this concept, it became possible to put things in a sequence that has a logical meaning. Flash forward about 3000 years, the automobile companies use an internal combustion engine which can use only one cylinder or many. In the case of the multiple cylinder engines, it is useful to number them for assembly and trouble shooting purposes. For the Y Block V8 engine, they numbered the cylinders 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 from front to back on the passenger side and 5 - 6 - 7 - 8 on the driver side. And that is how cylinders are numbered.

That's what I like a straight answer for a new guy... Listen to what Greenbird said.

And here in Australia they put the 1234 numbers on the drivers side.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Whenever you see a piece of machinery that was designed by committee - had no one's clear stamp of direction - its usually a total kluge!!!

In the ancient world of hand drafting (in the USA) - the layout of the engine block would have had a prominent overhead view with the front of the block at left. (Always a top and left side view - front and rear views at the option of the creator) And the cylinders would be numbered left to right across the top view of the page - and the second row of cylinders the the same.......makes perfect sense to me. I still have .... and this is thirty years after the fact......a callouse on my right hand where the mechanical pencil fit in my fingers. It took a lot of years before I ceased to be in the bottom part of the "food chain" and someone else did the drawing for me.

 
 Steve Metzger       Tucson, Arizona

On the other hand, do you know why in hebrew they read from bottom right to left? If you are right handed, try chizling in stone from top left to right and you will find it is a lot easier from bottom right to left and up the page.

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Billy, did you hit your hand with the hammer? 

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia