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SubGothius
Either a DFEV or DGEV Weber 32/36 will work. The DFEV is slightly preferable for easier throttle cable routing with the fuel float bowl placed in front. The DGEV is more readily available and tends to be cheaper, but poses a dilemma of easy cable routing with the float bowl at the rear vs. trickier cable routing with the bowl in front.
Float bowl in the rear makes it run slightly rich braking or going downhill and slightly lean accelerating and going uphill, which is the opposite of what's preferable, but it's not that big a deal. I happen to run a DGEV on my '87 2.6L just fine for the most part, and I just try to brake gently and well in advance whenever possible, though I sometimes stall out on abrupt/panic stops.
The Redline Weber kit K610 includes a DGEV, and their kit K614 includes a DFEV. The latter is necessary if you've got an auto trans, as that allows for a kickdown linkage, but a manual trans can use either one. These kits are available directly from Redline Weber (who seem to be the main US Weber distributor), who also supply them to Pierce Manifolds and Carbs Unlimited (carburetion.net).
If you don't buy new from one of those official Weber/Redline distributors, at least take care to get a genuine Weber made in Spain, not one of the Chinese-made clones offered by EMPI and others. They're "licensed" clones in general design and name/logo only, but they aren't finished to the same exacting tolerances as genuine Webers, so they often can't be tuned to run properly in all conditions. Genuine Webers have a slightly dull/rough looking finish, with the Weber name/logo and "Made in Spain" cast right into the body, and usually have a translucent-off-white electric choke cover. Clones have a bright/smooth finish, with the Weber name/logo only as a decal, tag, or ink stamp, and usually have a black choke cover.
That said, the electric choke cover isn't always a dead giveaway, especially for secondhand carbs, as it's possible to install either choke element on any Weber -- e.g., using the cloned choke element to to upgrade a genuine Weber's original water choke to electric, or using a genuine choke element on a clone to make it look more genuine.
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