I am having this evil thought of a front engine dragster powered by this little monster. Could I retain the Interceptor timing cover if I went that route (as I wouldn't be looking to spin a water pump)?
As far as the distributor, I think if I was running locked out timing I would only need to chance the gear correct? Or even flip the advance mechanism so that it worked in the opposite direction.
Anybody on here ever run a Borg Warner Velvet Drive in and out box behind a clutch??? There are a couple of small blowers for sale locally that struck my attention, but I need to keep this on the cheap so I don't know about all that nonsense...

If memory serves me right, the distributor in the RH engines is the same as the LH engines.  The RH camshaft is different simply due to the reversed firing order but it still rotates the same direction as the LH engines due to the gear to gear timing setup that’s used in the RH engines.
  


I use the marine cover on my roadster to free up some the extra space in front of the engine which also accommodates moving the damper closer to the engine.  The oil pan is likewise shorter at the front.

Here’s a picture of the front of my roadster engine.

As far as I know other than the hash marks maybe being different angle is that the only thing that changes the rotations is the gears instead of a chain. With a chain both gears are turning in the same direction, when you put gears you are turning the camshaft backwards, hence the reverse rotation of the firing order. Other than Chain vs gears I think all else is same.
Maybe advance in distributor rotates backwards, will have to look.