timing belt install

[Poodles]

Maybe I used the wrong vocab by saying "180 out", but when I first installed my timing belt it wouldn't start. Since it turns twice to line up I think I had it aligned wrong where the valves were doing the opposite of what they should have been doing. Isn't that 180 degrees out?

180 degrees out would be rotating the crank only once instead of twice. Now you CAN install the CPS/distributor wrong...

set the crank at 0, line up the cam gears and put the belt on. marks on the belt do not matter just the cam and crank marks should line up every 2 complete crank turns, cams should be pointing directly down with one complete turn of the crank.

and again the marks on the belt do not matter

Only mark that should be made on the belt is an arrow so you know what direction it was installed in (if you're not replacing the belt).