Is the Peugeot manifold optimal? No, for a variety of reasons (for example I have to use early model 2100's with integrated choke pulloffs for distributor clearance). They also have no place to mount a throttle cable bracket, so I have to make a complicated assembly that hangs off the back of the adapter plate.
Does a Peugeot manifold work? Yes. At least two of them are in DeLorean service using their original dual Solex setups (BTW: one barrel carb enters the common plenum right in front of the two barrel venturis -- it doesn't feed cylinders directly adjacent to it), four of them are in service using my 2100 adaptation -- next week that number goes up to six -- and an owner with a foreign accent (whose name I can't remember -- I think he was from Georgia) brought a Holley equipped one to one of Darren Decker's gatherings.
I fully admit I prefer centrally located carburetors, so that's how I designed the intake manifolds I make myself (Volvo manifold on the left, fabricated on the right):
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Unfortunately Peugeot (and Renault) did not consult me before making their manifolds, so I have to work with what they came up with instead.
Greg and James had the option to choose fabricated manifolds. Supply permitting I am more than happy to swap them out later. But perhaps we should at least wait for the UPS boxes to show up before pronouncing judgment on their conversions.
I test drove both of them on my own car no problem, but there is rumor afoot that I don't know what I am doing....
Bill Robertson
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