got my L20b motor in, along with box, and everything else. the L20b came with a weber, which i still have on it. The 200b has a "mechanical" throttle (not cable) which has to be converted to cable. I have all the attachments etc. so that side of it isn't a problem. the problem is that the lever that the cable hooks up to now pulls the wrong way. (with this setup, and the current cable has to push instead of pull)

The long and short of it is, can i turn my weber around (so that the side facing the rear of the car now faces the front) or do i have to get a longer throttle cable and run it around the engine bay so that it approaches the weber from the other side???
some one told me that it makes a difference which way the weber goes on.

Check to see if you can just flip the throttle linkage upside down. Thats what i did and it works a treat.

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Yes, it makes a diference. The air passes through the choke area, then the venturi's, before reaching the throttle plates.

It does not matter however if it it mounted on the engine facing left, right, foward, or backwards, just as long as the air passes through it in the right direction.

Freak...
I tried that, no go, its too low, so it hits the intake.

dodgeman
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so your saying it makes a difference, but its not noticable/doesn't matter???

dazza, dodgeman is saying it does not matter if the throttle linkage faces to the left, right, front or back of the engine bay, just aslong as the webber isnt mounted upside down onto the manifold.

With a stock-style four-cylinder intake manifold, a dual-barrel carb can be mounted with the forwards or backwards, but should NOT be positioned right or left.

The two barrels should be perpendicular to the intake runners. As you can see in all the pictures in our photo album.

The L-series Weber adapter comes with crank-rods to use the stock-style linkage. I have a set in the garage. But a cable setup works more nicely if you are converting over.

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so your saying it makes a difference, but its not noticable/doesn't matter???

I believe it's a 32/36 from what he is talking about, and if you look back thru this site 9 out of 10 times people talk about a webber on this site it is a 32/36 downdraught carb, i havn't read alot of people using single sidedraught carb on their engine but i know they do it. let me know how you do it in the end because i will need to do it with my L18 when it goes in.

I should have specified that it is a downdraught weber.

The idea I was referring to was to unbolt it from the manifold, rotate it 180 degrees, and bolt it back on. (I'll try be more specific in future)
I gather this is what you mean by putting it backwards on the manifold???

Yes, that's fine (180 degrees) so that the fuel bowl is toward the back of the engine. Just don't rotate it 90 degrees, even if you made an adapter to enable it.