LPG conversion for Vy 2004 series 2 sedan?

[Tiger28]

Hi there people just want some advice on a good lpg system for the above car.I'm on a budget so I wont be goning vapour injection.The car has got 10500 k's.I have 3 quotes Sprint gas for $2000,Poliauto for $2200 and Impco for $2500.All start on petrol and flip over to gas.People tell me sprint gas is best suited and impco has problems.Also is the flushlube system worth installing to protect valves etc?

Any advise would be great or personal experiences.thankyou

[jr689]

Can't comment on any of those systems as I have vapor injection (more than happy with it mind you), however the flashlube is a good "insurance" (if you want to call it that) when your converting to LPG so I'd definitely recommend it... I bought a kit off eBay for about $60 delivered however am yet to install it due to a lack of time but might get amongst it this weekend

[chevyshubox]

I havnt used either of the above but I do have Emer Vapour injection which I had fitted in January of this year and it has been great. It cost $4000.00 with first service free and I got a loan car for the day it was converted for that price as well. By the way I dropped it off Friday morning and picked it up Friday night at 5.00pm all done. It starts on petrol and switches over by itself , so far I have had no problems and you wouldnt even notice that it is on gas infact I think it goes better on the gas. Im glad I went the injection.
Also better get in before the end of next month because I think the rebate goes down a bit more.

[Tiger28]

Thanks mate for the reply will look into it.

[jr689]

I paid $3200 for my vapour injection with a donut tank in the spare tyre well so you don't lose any boot space do you live in Sydney by an chance? And yea the rebate goes down from $1500 to about $1250 from memory if you get it done after June...

[Tiger28]

I paid $3200 for my vapour injection with a donut tank in the spare tyre well so you don't lose any boot space do you live in Sydney by an chance? And yea the rebate goes down from $1500 to about $1250 from memory if you get it done after June...

Thanks again for the replys.I live in melbourne.I didnt know you can put the donut tank in a sedan?? so were does the spare wheel sit and does this cost extra and how big is the tank.Cheers.

[jr689]

Yea apparently you can, I'm so glad I opted for it as it's way more practical. Umm I think the donut tank was a couple hundred extra which was down to labour in having to drop the fuel tank and what not to fix it in the tyre well. And it's 54L however that's not it's useable capacity, I can get about 44L in there so it's not as big as a conventional tank obviously...

[Tiger28]

Will ask about this the donut tank.

[chevyshubox]

I havnt used either of the above but I do have Emer Vapour injection which I had fitted in January of this year and it has been great. It cost $4000.00 with first service free and I got a loan car for the day it was converted for that price as well. By the way I dropped it off Friday morning and picked it up Friday night at 5.00pm all done. It starts on petrol and switches over by itself , so far I have had no problems and you wouldnt even notice that it is on gas infact I think it goes better on the gas. Im glad I went the injection.
Also better get in before the end of next month because I think the rebate goes down a bit more.

I forgot to add that mine is a wagon with a donut tank andspare wheel holder as well.

Jr689 you got a bargain where was that at I couldnt find anywhere cheaper than $4000.00 and everyone else was $4200.00 and upwards.

[jr689]

The company is called Newgas in taren point, bloke by the name of Brian owns it and he's a great bloke and knows his stuff! He teaches LPG installs at tafe as well which is always a good thing! Two of my mates had got conversions done at the same place with good experiences and highly recommended me to him... Very glad they did, cause I didn't even go there with the intention to get gas injection as I believed it would be too much from previous quotes I got 6 months previous!

[galerod]

I would agree about the gas injection. I have a Prins injection system and I have had it removed from a previous VY Supercharged VY and on to my current one (long story, don't ask).
I currently get around 600km (country) and 500km (city) from it (75lt tank) and even at 65cpl you are saving money every time you fillit up and use it.
It's far better to spend the little extra initially than to have problems later with a cheaper system you have issues with (and pay more for in the long run).

When you compare the cost of running the same car on even ULP (I don't put that *%^$ in mine it's 98RON or nothing) and LPG, the cost of conversion beats it hands down.

[HamaTime™]

IMPCO is the better choice out of all the above systems. However if you are spending money on an LPG conversion, I'm sorry, your daft if you go for the air mixer system. Yes your on a budget, but fork out the extra cash for the extra power, extra economy and extra VALUE out of your investment into LPG.

Air mixer system is crap and not worth the money. You get 250 k's out of a 55litre tank which costs $30 to fill up, with no throttle response, no power and crappy cold starts.

Don't invest in outdated technology, particularly with signs of a coming increase in price of LPG. The benefits will not be realised.