Weber carb adapter plate kit?

[purg3d]

It appears nobody has come across an adapter kit. There's probably a very good reason, but I came across a weber adapter kit for Mazda B2000-B2200 truck and it looks eerily similar.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Repair-Kit-Adapter-Mazda-B2000-B2200-WEBER-DG-Series-Carburetor-100-675-/150759962326?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2319fe76d6&vxp=mtr

[KingFish]

That does look familiar, almost be worth the price of a gasket to compare.

[greywolf200]

I'm wanting to swap in a single cam B6 with a Webber and header and am very interested in this information. I think I'll check with NAPA Monday about a B200 gasket when I go to work Monday. I have already acquired a manifold to spacer gasket to compare it to. I'll let you know how it looks(iit usually takes a few days for them to get the parts is).

[purg3d]

Thanks for the replies. I compared the gasket photos on rockauto and couldn't come to a conclusion. Other kits will work (Suzuki Samuri I think?), but requires JB Welding a hole and tapping a new one. I'd just as soon take my chance making the plates myself. Of course it would be nice to have the various bolts and such. If I decide to go that route, I'll be sure to post thread pitch and all that.

[angrygocart]

I'm going to have some made on a Cnc machine and offer them for sale. I don't want to say when they will be done or how much because it may change. It should be fairly reasonable compared to the price of other adapters.

[shcsc]

I got mine off of the ebay Australia website....just have to look, you can find them.
Todd

[KingFish]

I got mine off of the ebay Australia website....just have to look, you can find them.
Todd

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[Festy46]

I'm wanting to swap in a single cam B6 with a Webber and header and am very interested in this information. I think I'll check with NAPA Monday about a B200 gasket when I go to work Monday. I have already acquired a manifold to spacer gasket to compare it to. I'll let you know how it looks(iit usually takes a few days for them to get the parts is).

Before you buy a gasket, ask NAPA if they have an actual size catalog for gaskets. When I first got into Festivas and was looking for different swaps, NAPA gave me their old catalog from 1999 which has pictures for all types of gaskets (not head gaskets) in their actual size that you can take a tape measure to measure.

I tried looking up the part number at the NAPA web site for the above mentioned vehicle, but apparently the part numbers have been changed because I couldn't match them to the numbers in my catalog.

If the picture for the Weber adapter plate gasket is correct, it is not going to fit. The Festiva stock carb has 2 wide spaced holes and 2 narrow spaced holes - not 2 wide spaced holes, one narrow spaced hole, and one hole way out in right field.

[KingFish]

I didn't notice the upper left hole was actually higher than the right. On the Festiva, it is on the same plane.

[greywolf200]

Before you buy a gasket, ask NAPA if they have an actual size catalog for gaskets. When I first got into Festivas and was looking for different swaps, NAPA gave me their old catalog from 1999 which has pictures for all types of gaskets (not head gaskets) in their actual size that you can take a tape measure to measure.

I tried looking up the part number at the NAPA web site for the above mentioned vehicle, but apparently the part numbers have been changed because I couldn't match them to the numbers in my catalog.

If the picture for the Weber adapter plate gasket is correct, it is not going to fit. The Festiva stock carb has 2 wide spaced holes and 2 narrow spaced holes - not 2 wide spaced holes, one narrow spaced hole, and one hole way out in right field.

Too late, I've already ordered one. I noticed the weird hole location, but if that's the only problem, I think it'll probably be easier to modify that plate than make the whole thing. Should have the gasket tomorrow and hope to be able to compare them. Stay tuned.......

[greywolf200]

No progress. NAPA was a bust, said it wasn't available. Advance says they'll have one tomorrow. I'll let you know.

[greywolf200]

Well the results are in!!!!!!!!!!!! Forget about it!!!!!!!!!! Not even close!!!!!!!!!!! Seriously, not only do you have that odd mounting hole, but the carb base is about 25% bigger than our Festiva base. Sorry, no help here.

[Festy46]

If you want to try another gasket, look at a '82 Mazda GLC. Here's a link to the adapter kit:

http://www.redlineweber.com/html/kits/k673.htm

[jawbraeka]

If you want to try another gasket, look at a '82 Mazda GLC. Here's a link to the adapter kit:
http://www.redlineweber.com/html/kits/k673.htm

For the fear of being crucified, would that whole kit fit at all?

[Festy46]

For the fear of being crucified, would that whole kit fit at all?

No problem. I have an old actual size gasket book and although the part numbers are different now, I could determine which gasket was for the GLC by its unique shape.
Here are the dimensions for both:
Narrow end mounting bolt holes center to center:
Festiva - 1-7/16" GLC - 1-1/2"

Wide end mounting bolt holes center to center:
Festiva - 2-1/2" GLC - 2-5/8"

Front to back mounting holes center to center:
Festiva - 3-5/8" GLC - 3-5/16"

I took a Festiva gasket and laid it on the picture of the GLC gasket and the narrow end is almost a perfect fit. The wide end not so much. You would need a GLC gasket to lay on an actual Festiva intake manifold to know for sure if it could be used. If you look at the picture of the adapter kit, there are extra holes in the first plate that bolts to the intake. Whether you could use a combination of these holes to fit the Festiva, I don't know.