NO! I disagree!
The front of the engine is ALWAYS the end with the pulley and the rear is
ALWAYS the flywheel regardless of the way it is mounted in the vehicle.

This is to ease communication about firing orders, head bolt sequences, etc.
In my VANAGON the front of the engine is the rear of the vehicle since it is
mounted backasswards in there. But I adhere to the standards of the
automotive community when I call the rearmost cylinder #1.

Entity Andrew Grebneff spoke thus:

> That's FRONT seal. The rear end of the engine has a pulley on it. The front
> end carries the flywheel.