Hi, I attended the Hot August Nights Car show in Reno Nevada last month. There were thousands of beautiful cars there with hundreds of engine applications. I have seen several small block Chevys running a serpentine belt system with the water pump rotating the regular way, which is rotating clockwise. The difference that I saw was, those who had this application, did not install a belt tensioner. They all used a mechanical device to take up the tension on their serpentine belt. If I remember correctly, most use their alternator to take up the tension on the belt. I checked the belt routing to make sure that the water pump was indeed rotating clockwise, and they all were. For you, it will be a matter of finding the correct water pump that will accept a serpentine pulley that will line up with the other pulleys in the system. With that said, I don't see why you can't do the same thing. You may want to ask around to check on this. Hope this helps. Good luck, Tommy.
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