Webber Carb Question

My Econoline has a 200 CID engine from a Maverick. I bought a Weber carburetor and a Clifford adaptor for it, but the adaptor mounts the carb at 90 degrees to the stock carb mounting. That puts the float on the side. I have heard that mounting it that way will cause flooding when turning right and fuel starvation when turning left.

How bad a problem is this? I can make an adaptor to turn it back around, but it's a PITA. The only reason I'm considering it is that the throttle linkage will work better if I do. Is the float situation a real problem in driving on the street?

George in NJ.

But if you had it the right way wouldn't the engine do the same thing under heavy exceleration and braking? I'm only asking becus I have never heard of this happening before with a side ways carb. I'm curious, and hope those that no will chime in.

grpphoto wrote:My Econoline has a 200 CID engine from a Maverick. I bought a Weber carburetor and a Clifford adaptor for it, but the adaptor mounts the carb at 90 degrees to the stock carb mounting. That puts the float on the side. I have heard that mounting it that way will cause flooding when turning right and fuel starvation when turning left.

George in NJ.

If it does that, then the float is loose and needs to be fixed.

You could convert to a cable throttle. I took the cable throttle system from a 240 Econoline and put it on my 200. I was using a Holley 5200 with an adapter.

I believe the Holley 5200 is my Weber made under license. Thanks for posting. I can rig a cable to the lever of my existing linkage and get it working that way, but I'll take a look at the 240 cable and see if that's better.

Right now it's about 18 degrees & the van's parked outside, so I have some time to research and buy parts.

George in NJ