does $3850 sound cheep ??

Post by **Adam GQ** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:03 pm

I rang a guy out of the new 4x4 monthly mag about lp gas set up for my GQ diesel i nearly shit my self when he gave me this price considering a turbo set up can be achieved cheeper does this sound right ? cheers Adam..

Post by **pongo** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:07 pm

best bet is to just to ring around and compare prices. the only way to find out for sure. Just remeber to get what brand they are using as gas aint gas.

And being diesel might pay to check weather its gunna be financially viable V's other upgrades

Cheers

Post by **bazooked** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:29 pm

a guy in our club had this conversion done the price seems to be about right, but its only been out for a couple of years i think, was like driving a turbo diesel but way better, especially on fuel economy.plus alot of the east west trucks are running this set up and saving huge amounts on diesel.

Post by **bogged** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 6:34 pm

that is about right, I have heard of lots more recently with everyone trying to get LPG fitted.

They cant supply enough tanks to the fitters at the moment apparently.

Post by **RaginRover** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:21 pm

bogged wrote:that is about right, I have heard of lots more recently with everyone trying to get LPG fitted.

They cant supply enough tanks to the fitters at the moment apparently.

Had to have my tank re-tested because I there were no secondhand ones to speak of - and the price of that has gone up badly over $150 now for a re-test here in Bne

Tom

Post by **77F1004WD** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 7:30 pm

Are there any links to the kit on the net? For that price it would want to be pretty comprhensive, and computer controlled at a minimum. In the US, they have quite a few carby set-ups that go cheaply, probably not to suit a patrol though. Can't be too hard to re-tune.

Post by **Slunnie** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:01 pm

KLR at Kingswood/Penrith do the Diesel/LPG conversion, though I cant find what that part of their company trade as or their website.

Post by **ZOOK60** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:38 am

Slunnie wrote:KLR at Kingswood/Penrith do the Diesel/LPG conversion, though I cant find what that part of their company trade as or their website.

if this is the servo on the great western highway that your talking about at kingswood never go there you will regret it trust me

Post by **mabsydney** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 7:20 am

Adam GQ wrote:I rang a guy out of the new 4x4 monthly mag about lp gas set up for my GQ diesel i nearly shit my self when he gave me this price considering a turbo set up can be achieved cheeper does this sound right ? cheers Adam..

Sounds like a lot to me Dr Doolittle (you're obviously used to talking to the birds, cheep cheep)

Post by **Slunnie** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:47 am

ZOOK60 wrote:
Slunnie wrote:KLR at Kingswood/Penrith do the Diesel/LPG conversion, though I cant find what that part of their company trade as or their website.
if this is the servo on the great western highway that your talking about at kingswood never go there you will regret it trust me

Mate, I'm not sure. They guy lives not far from me and just took my car to work for the day. They're a Landy specialist that has diversified into LPG/Diesel as far as I know. They're at 5/83 Cox Av in Kingswood.

Post by **ZOOK60** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 10:48 am

Slunnie wrote:
ZOOK60 wrote:
Slunnie wrote:KLR at Kingswood/Penrith do the Diesel/LPG conversion, though I cant find what that part of their company trade as or their website.
if this is the servo on the great western highway that your talking about at kingswood never go there you will regret it trust me
Mate, I'm not sure. They guy lives not far from me and just took my car to work for the day. They're a Landy specialist that has diversified into LPG/Diesel as far as I know. They're at 5/83 Cox Av in Kingswood.

ah thats ok i know which one your talking about they seem to always have plenty of business

Post by **mickyd555** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:38 am

isnt there two ways to do LPG on a diesel, one way uses a mixture of diesel and LPG and then you can have straight LPG running in a diesel engine, but theres a spark plug aswell?? does this seem right, or am i thinking with my rum too much???

Post by **Slunnie** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:53 am

The system that I know of, and know very little about, runs the diesel system as normal, and then fogs the lpg in addition to this. Thats apparently why you if you run out of LPG there is no problem. The power gains and range are meant to be really good, but then again you are carrying more fuel at the end of the day. The LPG is supposed to somehow produce a more complete combustion of the diesel.

Post by **77F1004WD** » Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:32 pm

From what my understanding is, the LPG run additional to the diesel, and acts as a catylst to the burn. Some older deisels burn at about 70% effiecency, and some of the very late europeans run at about 85-90%.
If you bleed in a small amount of LPG, 100% burn is easily acheivable.
I cannot remember the links, but if you are serious about this, search on google, lots of great DIY sites, that have great detail on what to-do and not to-do.

Post by **JemmyBubbles** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 1:58 pm

What about an already turbo charged engine running relatively low boost 8psi.

Would you still be able to do this ? Would that combined with the LPG be to stressfull for the lil td42 ?

Post by **blackmav** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:06 pm

http://dieselgasaustralia.com.au/

Post by **spazbot** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 2:10 pm

JemmyBubbles wrote:What about an already turbo charged engine running relatively low boost 8psi.

Would you still be able to do this ? Would that combined with the LPG be to stressfull for the lil td42 ?

meant to be a hell of alot better with a turbo and gas, than just gas

Post by **bilby** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:42 pm

JemmyBubbles wrote:What about an already turbo charged engine running relatively low boost 8psi.

Would you still be able to do this ? Would that combined with the LPG be to stressfull for the lil td42 ?

a bloke down at capalaba does this and taps the LPG in before the turbo,

better burn rate and cause LPG is cold it helps keep the turbo cooler , or some thing like that

Post by **JemmyBubbles** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 3:51 pm

I started reading and answered my own questions. But simply why doesn't this get don't more often ? Reduces harmfull emissions, tones down the diesel fume smell and increases burn efficiency...

Supposedly lowers EGT's as well so that can only be a good thing.

I did a bit of a search and found a few DIY sites, after reading I would definately pay someone. And also it is gas so...

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