Bottom-end difference in cycles?

[thereef]

Alright so I'm fairly certain the Talon I bought skipped some teeth, took out a single valve and so I started tearing her apart.

The heads off, the cams are out, and all of the belts are off. I got a little ahead of myself, didn't read carefully enough & pulled some rookie mistakes.

So time to do things right, read, ask & absorb information.

Now I want to reset timing to factory. I've got the crank pulley off, so now I'm down to the sprocket. I have the bottom-end set to TDC, did this prior to removing the pulley. Now I want to know if the bottom end has 4 different cycles, or if it's the head that creates the environment to give us the 4-cycles

If I align my cams as has been outlined in every timing DIY article, make sure that the motor is at TDC (assuming there's only one TDC, not one during two different parts of the cycle) and put everything back together, is there anything else I'm missing?

Sorry if this is confusing, I'd be happy to elaborate if anyone needs me to. Also sorry for being a newb. Just learning & want to make sure I don't blow the motor up. I only got to drive her for a week & I sorely miss it.

Thanks fellas!

 

[spydreclips6]

There are 4 different strokes in the engine(intake, compression, combustion, and exhaust). Each cycle is really controlled by the cams. As long as you have the crank at tdc(top dead center) on the number one piston, both cams lined up with the dowl pins pointing up, and the oil pump lined up with its timing mark then you are good to go.

 

[thereef]

That's what I wanted to hear. Just wanted to make sure that as far as the bottom-end is concerned, a stroke is a stroke is a stroke.. It doesn't know whether it's stroking for the exhaust cycle or for the power cycle is what I'm gathering from this.

Thanks for your quick response. Mucho appreciated.