I’ve been out of the carb conversion practice for a couple of years, but am curently building up a small inventory of “kits” (no step-by-step illustrated instructions, but everything necessary to do a complete conversion in one box), estimated to be ready in about a month.
I will have both dual plane and single plane intake manifolds available (dual planes are basically “street” manifolds and single planes are basically “race” manifolds – very different operational characteristics and very different power bands).
Dual plane intake manifolds are fabricated from scratch:
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Single plane intake manifolds are adapted Peugeot 604:
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In addition to the intake manifold, I will provide:
- All hardware
- Square profile O rings
- Rebuilt carburetor (pre-tuned and test driven)
- Air filter housing with custom lid
- Throttle cable bracket
- Throttle cable ball end (manual transmission) or throttle cable clevises/shoulder bolts (automatic transmission)
- Full throttle kickdown microswitch bracket (automatic transmission)
- Injector port plugs
- PCV valve
- All hoses and clamps
- Generic fuel filter and bracket
- Fuel pump carrier (rides in stock tank boot)
- Fuel tank baffle (“tuna fish” baffle)
- Charcoal canister blockoff plate (optional)
My own car has been carbureted since 2004. I’ve been making conversions for other owners since 2008. There are currently 21 iterations of my conversions in service – it’s a well vetted design. Every conversion gets test driven on my own car before signing off. Installation takes a couple of hours. Carb conversions are totally reversible (to date no one I have assisted has either gone back to K-Jet or to EFI). Both Del Silviera and John Marconi sold their carbureted DeLoreans without any price penalty.
Final costs are still being tallied. I expect complete “kits” to cost less than $1,500.
I will post progress updates as they become available.
My own car (intake manifold is Volvo A Series, on which my dual plane manifolds are patterned):
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Bill Robertson
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