COUNTERCLOCKWISE
Only if you change the drive gear. The gear is different on the 289/302/351W distributor. Outside of that it will work.
clockwise
Sounds like the timing is off or you have a bad distributor.
unscrew the distributor pull it out about half way with the distributor cap off and turn the rotor clock wise to disired position
counter clockwise
if you're looking down at the distributor it rotates clockwise while running.
clockwise when you are looking at the distributor from the front of engine
The way I tell the difference is the engine thermostat location : On the Cleveland it is mounted horizontally by the distributor and on the Windsor the thermostat is mounted vertically in the end of the intake manifold
CCW.
counterclockwise
When looking down on it: clockwise
1-3-7-2-6-5-4-8 Distributor rotates counterclockwise.