LPG - Pros V Cons

[padrickz88]

seriously convert to gas

the power loss isn't that much anyway and you wont notice it unless you thrash your car everywhere. in that case, stay with petrol if the couple kw is worth it to ya

and i think your engine should be fine, just run it on petrol every week.... even if its nto for long, just give it something


btw, mine has been on gas and given hard a fairly often and is fine

 

[vnv8driver]

if you look at the specs for the gas kit some of them turn the injectors on a little when under high load

nice idea, ideally that is the best option as its truely a dual-fuel car then....

 

[levymetal]

As with the pod on there and no restriction, It backfires rarely.
and it spins the wheels if i plant it in 2nd.

so you recommend using a pod filter instead of an air box? i have a SV airbox which i don't want to ruin, was going to buy another one, but instead may just get a pod

 

[EACRUISER]

You must seal the pod away from the hot engine bay air though.
On my car the left front corner area is boxed in with the pod inside the box. I also have a 3" flex pipe plumbed in through a 3" hole cut out of the area under where the airbox once was, the other end is a direct feed from the front bar facing into the incoming air.

If i wasnt 3,056Km's from home i would post a picture to show you.
It seamed to resolve alot of the tuning issues relating to vacumn with the LPG in the intake, and removed quite alot of restriction caused by the factory airbox. also the feed from the front dropped the intake charge at the throttle body around 5degrees compared to the stock airbox. and on a cold night quite alot more the 5 degrees.

I am not using a cheap pod either. Its a Trust foam Airfilter which cost around $160 from cartoys.

This is just my observations with a temperature probe, vacumn gauge and many test drives tuning the LPG on my specific Car. Also specific to my car i have now started to play with tuning. Its running a slightly modified HSV Tune, but its still nowhere near perfect yet.

 

[STEALTHY™]

Pros = none


Debate settled.

 

[vnv8driver]

I wouldnt say none, persoanlly i wouldnt run out and buy a kit then install it but if its a general runabout and came with lpg id use it when im low on cash.

 

[commsirac]

Cons= falling off the top of your wallet with the money you've saved:yeah:

LPG is for BBQs, unfortunately its not......they need straight propane:yeah:

 

[levymetal]

and if only we could buy straight propane for our cars. life would be even better!

 

[redcv6]

pros - you save a few dollars a year
cons - your car, smells, goes and runs like **** unless its tuned to the system.

 

[skyper]

my gas man was telling me that the latest system he fitted to a crewman ,was when u floor it ,it automaticly changed back to petrol and when u backed off it changed back to gas ,it was so smooth that u could only tell by the gas light