after reading the post on mpg and bec i was wondering about converting my bec 7 to lpg after a sva, any one done this .... thoughts and ideas anyone.
You need to do a lot of miles to make an LPG conversion worth it.
Plus I'm not sure a highly tuned high revving bike engine would take too well to LPG either - could be wrong though!
Cheers
Nick
i've been looking a lpg converstion for raod cars and they all say theres only a small drop in bhp and mpg other than that it shouldnt do and harm to the engine as it burns at a slightly lower heat.... but a bec doing 20-25mpg and lpg being less than half price i wouldnt have to do many miles to get my money back...... besides that i dont even know how to do it lol
My works car is a Dualfuel Astra, it is 3 years old and has done 150,000miles, my boss got a £1500 grant to buy it, and I can do about 300 miles on
£18. It sounds like an Impreza, and drives like a Rialto, I have to switch to petrol to overtake!
My own tintop is a 1.2 Punto, which does 65 mpg on a run and 50mpg locally
My locost does 28mpg in 'normal' blatting, but with my speed shy Mrs onboard, will do over 50mpg
Isnt life too short?
maybe not lpg then, i think i'm just being a tight arse lol
I run my range rover on LPG, its a decent sequential system and it goes better than on petrol.
LPG has a higher octane rating but a lower calorific rating, in real terms you can run a higher compression ratio, up to 13:1 I believe but get
slightly less power.
For me it saves a heap of money, but at 13-15 mpg on petrol its not surprising.
With its multiple carbs you would need around £600 for a sequential gas front end, so would need to be running some form of injection, alternatively
you could just buy a gas vaporiser and injectors and use something like megasquirt to deliver the gas.
nb/ all the cars at palmer motorsport run on LPG, nothing slow about them.
Gas is good but aim for 10,000 miles before it pays for itself
shit, i might get a diesel lump for a laugh and stick the biggest turbo on it you've ever seen. now theres something audi 2.5 v6 dti ermmmmm. or
even a peugot 1.9 thats got me going.....
project # no 2 eh a dti locost has anyone done this ?
[Edited on 3/9/05 by serendipity123]
I thought that a lot of the tax releif on LPG will be lifted within a year or so, which will make LPG a similar price to other fuels anyway?
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Originally posted by ChrisGamlin
I thought that a lot of the tax releif on LPG will be lifted within a year or so, which will make LPG a similar price to other fuels anyway?
I dunno, Im not that old