Help me set up these Webers, Basic Weber questions Options

[MikeK]

Hi friends. I'm currently installing some Weber clones on my 70 and have run into some issues. I'm using a CB linkage and filter bases. I tried installing the carbs with the linkage to the rear of the car, but the drop links hit the torsion springs used on the trunk. I flipped the bases so the crossbar is towards the front of the car, but the linkage needs to rotate counter-clockwise (see photo) in order to operate the carbs. I guess I could run the throttle arm on the top of the linkage and pull it that way, but I would prefer the arm to be in the down position. I was thinking maybe a custom cable which would be longer and come in from the back or perhaps some kind of lever to reverse the rotation?

I don't know, but I'm sure this has been dealt with in the past. Just looking for an elegant solution. As a side note, tall air cleaners most definitely don't fit the passengers side.
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Thanks in advance.

[Jack Standz]

Move the bracket on the cross bar to something like this one (or get just get shorter intake manifolds):

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/lofiversion/i...php?t43028.html
Scroll down the thread in the post to see several options.

However, I agree with the other posters that the Tangerine Racing solution is a lot better (once you go through the pain of installing it, as it's not a simple bolt-on part). No longer use cross bar linkage.

[MikeK]

Move the bracket on the cross bar to something like this one (or get just get shorter intake manifolds):

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/lofiversion/i...php?t43028.html
Scroll down the thread in the post to see several options.

However, I agree with the other posters that the Tangerine Racing solution is a lot better (once you go through the pain of installing it, as it's not a simple bolt-on part). No longer use cross bar linkage.

I thought of putting the pull arm on top. but I just don't care for the look. Maybe it's all the time I spend around non-mittlemotor cars. It just looks kind of weird and clunky to me...but it works!

After looking at some of the setups in the photos, especially the one with the UNI filters, it makes me wonder how well that setup works. I was always taught that the sweep of the arm should sweep at equal lengths through it's axis, like how you set up rockers. Middle of the sweep parallel to the tip of the valve, then even sweep on either side. Wouldn't that apply to all points of the carb linkage as well?