Has any one been in a car with propane?

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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 10:31 PM
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Default Has any one been in a car with propane?

My propane delivery guy told me that he has it in his ford desil and he told me its like nos. Any one ever done this to a gasoline engine.
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 10:44 PM
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Default Re: Has any one been in a car with propane? (Therumblingteg)

i believe it only works on diesels'
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Old Apr 14, 2003 | 10:54 PM
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Default Re: Has any one been in a car with propane? (Therumblingteg)

I've heard virtually an vehicle can be converted... But you'll loose about 7% of hp.

That and you get to haul around a nice heavy tank

http://www.propanecouncil.org/...s.htm

A FI civic burning propane... hummm.


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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 02:50 AM
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Default Re: Has any one been in a car with propane? (spl_nut)

That website that you listed is for a complete propane conversion, the guy that made the original post was just talking about propane injection. I guess you could say that it is delivered the same way as nos, but from what I have heard from other people it is like an octane booster. I really want to try it and see what happens.
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 04:56 AM
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Default Re: Has any one been in a car with propane? (Therumblingteg)

They do propane conversions all over Europe becasue it's cheaper than gasoline. You do lose power because I guess propane is less energy dense than gasoline, but apparently with muli-point injection you gain power because you can inject it as a liquid and it cools the intake charge. I heard 5% power increase....
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 05:01 AM
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http://www.dynamicracing.com/c...age=1

propain injection used like nos only with a turbo to allow the use of higher boost levels.
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Old Apr 15, 2003 | 05:09 AM
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Default Re: Has any one been in a car with propane? (bmcc72)

About 50% of the car n Brazil run on propane. It's much cheaper than gas, but you will loose about 15% hp. But it pays itself really quick. It costs about R$80 to fill a gas tank while the propane is about R$45-50 (in Brazil)..
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