When I built my 396, I degree'd the cam in but then had to r&r the timing chain, and I've been wondering every since how careful I was aligning the cam and crank gears. By luck I happened to have this photo around, but the crank's been rotated a bit.

If you go back three teeth on the crank gear and ahead three on the cam gear, care to make a guess from this photo as to whether they're aligned? Sadly the teeth aren't lined up in this photo, so you have to guess whether the teeth are about to meet (good) or just passed each other (bad). It ain't scientific, I know, but its a lot more fun than pulling the blower, balance, water pump, optispark, etc to double check!

http://www.memturbo.com/Engine.JPG

Thanks,
Dave