Is there any reason you can't convert a reverse flow cooling system on a Ford 302 to regular flow? To make a long story short, a simple water
pump replacement turned into a timing belt, timing gear and timing belt
cover replacement too. I didn't realize it but Autozone gave me the wrong timing belt cover (regular flow instead of reverse) and i put it on, but when I tried to bolt up the new reverse flow water pump, it wouldn't seal up. I checked with Autozone and they said reverse flow is OEM & the regular one is also specified for the Bronco and they apparently sent the wrong one. To work with this I looked at a water pump for a crown vic and compared it to the old reverse flow pump...the
vanes on both point the same direction so they both seem to have the same specified pump rotation.
I really didn't feel like taking the timing belt cover off again so I have put on the crown vic pump and the car is actually running cooler, but is there any downside to this modification?