The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Propane Conversion 140 140-160

posted by  Bennie on  Tue Dec 28 22:05 CST 2004
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Wed Nov 28 03:03 CST 2007
[RELATED]

I'm in the Netherlands and I think 80% of the amazons and 140/160's run on Liquefied Petroleum Gas, or LPG. Over here it's a mixture of propane and butane I believe, mixing ratio depending on the season.

Over here petrol is about $ 2,00 per liter, LPG is about $ 0,40 ....

LPG has less energy per liter then petrol (regular petrol has about 33, while LPG only has about 25 * 10^9 Joule / m^3. Because of this, a lower milage seems obvious. However, since the LPG is already vapourised in a separte vapouriser, the air/fuel rmixture is excelent and makes up a bit. In practice you'll need about 10-15% more LPG then petrol. The car is a tiny bit slower in the low rpm range though.

cheers, ben

btw1. Keep in mind you will need hardened exhaust seats. LPG has a higher operating temperature, so valve seats wear out quicker. Without hardened seat, you might be able to run 50k miles still though.

btw2. LPG has a lot less harmfull exhaust fumes, environmental-wise, which in my opinion is a small, but extra advantage.




--
P131, '65, B20B+M47. P131, '69, B20E+AW71L+LSD. (www.tinustechniek.tk)






USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.